HMS Investigator (1848)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Investigator.
HMS Investigator was a merchant ship purchased in 1848 to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition. She made two voyages to the Arctic and had to be abandoned in 1853, after becoming trapped in the pack ice.
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HMS Investigator stuck in ice in August 1851, depicted by the ship's artist Samuel Gurney Cresswell | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Investigator |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding Company |
Cost | £25,337 |
Acquired | February 1848 (1848-02) |
Abandoned: | 3 June 1853 (1853-06-03) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Survey vessel |
Tons burthen | 422–480 tonnes BOM[1] |
Length | 118 ft (36 m) |
Beam | 28+1⁄4 ft (8.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 18+11⁄12 ft (5.8 m) |
Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
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Her wreckage was found in July 2010, off Banks Island in the Beaufort Sea. She was the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.