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| Name | Investigator (1848) | Explanation | |
| Type | Discovery vessel | ||
| Acquired | February 1848 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 480 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
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| 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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