HMS Phoenix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn<br><p>A view from the high ground near the settlement of Godhavn looking across the harbour. HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, and the storeship HMS Diligence (1814) are anchored in the bay. The two ships with the storeship HMS Talbot, a converted Sixth Rate, arrived at Godhavn [referred to as Lievely in Phoenix's log] on 18 June 1854, on their way northward to supply the 'Franklin' search ships under Captain Sir Edward Belcher in the Canadian archipelago. The photograph shows Phoenix's funnel lowered and clothes hanging in the rigging of Diligence. Both ships are anchored bow and stern.<br></p>
HMS Phoenix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn
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Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield</div>
18 June-5 July 1854
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