HMS Terror

Summary

HMS Terror is a bomb vessel^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of bomb_vessel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,670 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• HMS Terror's instance of is recorded as bomb vessel^[3].
• HMS Terror's instance of is recorded as shipwreck^[4].
• HMS Terror is operated by Royal Navy^[5].
• HMS Terror's manufacturer is recorded as Robert Davy^[6].
• HMS Terror's vessel class is recorded as Vesuvius-class bomb vessel^[7].
• HMS Terror's Commons category is recorded as HMS Terror (ship, 1813)^[8].
• HMS Terror's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[9].
• HMS Terror's powered by is recorded as sailing^[10].
• HMS Terror's powered by is recorded as steam engine^[11].
• HMS Terror's armament is recorded as mortar^[12].
• HMS Terror's armament is recorded as mortar^[13].
• HMS Terror was part of the conflict War of 1812^[14].
• HMS Terror's service entry is recorded as July 31, 1813^[15].
• HMS Terror's service retirement is recorded as April 22, 1848^[16].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as order^[17].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[18].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning^[19].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as ship abandonment^[20].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as rediscovery^[21].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as Franklin's lost expedition^[22].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as Voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror^[23].
• HMS Terror's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[24].
• HMS Terror's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17760^[25].
• HMS Terror's described at URL is recorded as http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=2215^[26].
• HMS Terror's location of creation is recorded as Topsham^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for HMS Terror include Mount Terror^[28], a shield volcano^[29] and Erebus and Terror Gulf^[30], a gulf^[31].

Why It Matters

HMS Terror ranks in the top 9% of bomb_vessel entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,670 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Mount Terror^[28], a shield volcano^[29] and Erebus and Terror Gulf^[30], a gulf^[31].