HMS Terror mystery object

[Shipboi]

Hello, I have been reading about the HMS Terror and I came across this painting. I was wondering what the object was at the front of the ship.

 

[Jack Jäger]

Who knows, the whole painting is a figment of imagination !

 

[Frank48]

Ciao, ho letto dell'HMS Terror e mi sono imbattuto in questo dipinto. Mi chiedevo quale fosse l'oggetto nella parte anteriore della nave.
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[Jimple]

The crew are clearly fishing. This device is for chopping potatoes into chips.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

That's the ship's radio. Apparently in was no longer working since the crew all perished in the frozen north.

 

[Frank48]

try to enlarge it 350%

 

[Red dragon]

The crew are clearly fishing. This device is for chopping potatoes into chips.

Actually it’s a tefal deep fat fryer for cooking the chips In whale blubber!! 6 mins at 180 , best chips ever !

 

[Namabiiru]

You’re all wrong. Clearly a robot for clearing IEDs. Not sure what the men are doing, but the robot is investigating anything dangerous in the path of the ship.

 

[Uwek]

The painting is made by George Back

It is looking like a trap - maybe for icebear

https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5509ea6a1883401a5116a0b18970c-pi

Sir George Back, H.M.S. Terror, and Polar Ice on Valentine's Day 1837

Early nineteenth century adventures in the high Arctic in celebration of Valentine's Day

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There are several other paintings showing other "buildings around the Terror, but I recognized not the same one

 

[Jack Jäger]

Actually it’s a tefal deep fat fryer for cooking the chips In whale blubber!! 6 mins at 180 , best chips ever !

I thought that at first, but now I am convinced that it is an ice making machine.

 

[Shipboi]

Thank you for your help and I will definitely be looking into 1830’s deep frying technology.

 

[rtibbs]

I thought that at first, but now I am convinced that it is an ice making machine.

If so it’s definitely working

 

[Shipboi]

‘Also, Thank you Uwek you have been very helpful.

 

[Jack Jäger]

Thank you for your help and I will definitely be looking into 1830’s deep frying technology.

Hi' please could you tell me what makes you think the mystery object is more likely to be a deep fat fryer than an ice machine? After all look how much ice there is. As for Uwek's bear trap; well it would have to be a very small bear! Great question btw..

 

[GAStan]

Hi' please could you tell me what makes you think the mystery object is more likely to be a deep fat fryer than an ice machine? After all look how much ice there is. As for Uwek's bear trap; well it would have to be a very small bear! Great question btw..

In support of the deep fryer theory I would suggest because it looks like it has sunk into the ice due to its heat melting the ice. Of course the counter argument is the ice machine has made so much ice its burying itself.

So I'm going with my initial gut-feeling and say it's one of those old thing-a-ma-jigs.

Glenn

 

[Jack Jäger]

In support of the deep fryer theory I would suggest because it looks like it has sunk into the ice due to its heat melting the ice. Of course the counter argument is the ice machine has made so much ice its burying itself.

So I'm going with my initial gut-feeling and say it's one of those old thing-a-ma-jigs.

Glenn

Fare point. but where do you find a thing-a-ma-jig on a ships manifesto? Probably I suggest just behind the 4,980 gallons of beer and just before the monkey named Jacko !

 

[Red dragon]

Fare point. but where do you find a thing-a-ma-jig on a ships manifesto? Probably I suggest just behind the 4,980 gallons of beer and just before the monkey named Jacko !

I don’t think Michelle Jackson was on this ship , bit too butch for him

 

[Red dragon]

In support of the deep fryer theory I would suggest because it looks like it has sunk into the ice due to its heat melting the ice. Of course the counter argument is the ice machine has made so much ice its burying itself.

So I'm going with my initial gut-feeling and say it's one of those old thing-a-ma-jigs.

Glenn

Good reply what do the others know ? Logic rules the day ,

 

[Jack Jäger]

I don’t think Michelle Jackson was on this ship , bit too butch for him

Hi Red be careful and don't turn this melodrama into a Thriller.
PS In an old ship like Terror there gotta be a lot of rats so I guess o'l Ben the rat will turnup in one of those ' truly fictional' paintings (reason for trap ?)

 

[Red dragon]

I have no fear , danger is my middle name , Ian