Description A detailed account of the Royal Navy\'s near fatal Expedition into the Polar regions in 1773--with the young Horatio Nelson on board.
Constantine Phipps for an expedition.
Two bomb vessels, HMS Racehorse and Carcass, were fitted out and strengthened under the command of Captain Hon.
In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Horatio Nelson took part in an Expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun.
Description A detailed account of the Royal Navy\'s near fatal Expedition into the Polar regions in 1773--with the young Horatio Nelson on board