ta ▁carrying ▁various ▁goods . ▁ ▁B read al b ane ▁was ▁a ▁ 4 2 8 - ton , ▁wooden ▁square - rig ged ▁sail ing ▁ship . ▁The ▁design ▁was ▁similar ▁to ▁hundreds ▁of ▁other ▁trans - o cean ic ▁ships ▁used ▁in ▁early ▁Victor ian ▁times . ▁She ▁was ▁ ▁long , ▁with ▁a ▁beam ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁a ▁hold ▁depth ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁Ar ctic ▁service ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy ▁called ▁the ▁ship ▁into ▁service ▁to ▁transport ▁coal ▁and ▁other ▁supplies ▁to ▁the ▁North ▁Star , ▁a ▁dep ot ▁ship . ▁She ▁left ▁the ▁Th ames ▁River ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁HMS ▁Phoenix ▁( the ▁first ▁prop eller ▁ship ▁in ▁the ▁Ar ctic ), ▁and ▁arrived ▁at ▁a ▁r ally ing ▁point ▁at ▁Be ech ey ▁Island ▁later ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Her ▁new ▁mission ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁carry ▁supplies ▁to ▁Sir ▁Edward ▁Bel cher ' s ▁high ▁Ar ctic ▁search ▁expedition ▁in ▁the ▁Resol ute ▁Bay ▁area ▁( now ▁part ▁of ▁N un av ut ). ▁Since ▁ 1 8 5 2 , ▁Bel cher ' s ▁expedition ▁had ▁been ▁searching ▁for ▁the ▁Franklin ▁Ex ped ition . ▁The ▁ship ▁and ▁crew ▁had ▁gone ▁missing ▁while ▁searching ▁for ▁a ▁passage ▁through ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁se as . ▁Bel cher ' s ▁expedition ▁both ▁the ▁largest , ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁sent ▁by ▁the ▁Royal ▁Navy . ▁ ▁Tra pped ▁in ▁ice ▁ ▁On ▁