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| Keywords: HMS Racehorse and HMS Carcass.jpg en 'View of the Racehorse and Carcass August 7th 1773 when inclosed in the ice in Lat 80o 37 N Engraved for Payne's Universal Geography Vol V Page 481' Under the command of Captain the Hon Constantine Phipps the ˜Racehorse ™ and ˜Carcass ™ set sail in June 1773 to find ˜a passage by or near the North Pole ™ north of Russia By early August the ice had closed about the ships north of Spitsbergen and preparations were made to abandon them and escape in the boats However a shift in the wind broke up the ice and freed the ships Nelson was a midshipman in the ˜Carcass ™ on this expedition http //www nmm ac uk/collections/nelson/viewRepro cfm reproID PU5965 picture 1 content Collections of the National Maritime Museum Page; after John Cleveley before 1800 PD-old Sailing ships of the Royal Navy | ||||
