Name | Investigator (1848) | Explanation | |
Type | Discovery vessel | ||
Acquired | February 1848 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 480 tons | ||
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Guns | |||
Fate | 1853 | ||
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Note | Abandoned in the Artic | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
28 February 1848 | Commanded by Captain Edward Joseph Bird, particular service, in search of Sir John Franklin, together with Enterprise (Captain James Clark Ross). | ||
18 December 1849 - 14 April 1854 | Commanded by Commander Robert John le Mesurier McClure, particular service, exploration of the North-West Passage by sailing east from the Bering Strait, until abandoned in the Prince of Wales Strait (returned home in North Star,William John Samuel Pullen, arriving 28 september 1854) |
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