HMS Discovery (1774)
 Resolution and Discovery by Samuel Adkin
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Discovery |
| Builder | Langbourne, Whitby |
| Launched | 1774 (as the collier Diligence) |
| Acquired | January 1776 |
| Commissioned | February 1776 |
| Fate | Broken up at Chatham Dockyard in October 1797 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 8-gun discovery ship |
| Tons burthen | 299 bm |
| Length | 91 ft 6 in (27.89 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 5 in (3.48 m) |
| Propulsion | sails |
| Sail plan | brig, later full-rigged |
| Complement | 70 as transport |
| Armament | 8 guns: |
HMS Discovery was the consort ship of
John Gore assumed command of Discovery. She returned to Britain under the command of Lieutenant James King
, arriving back on 4 October 1780.
After returning to the Nore in 1780, Discovery was fitted out as a transport at Woolwich Dockyard, serving as such between December 1780 and May 1781. She then became a dockyard craft at Woolwich, and was broken up at Chatham Dockyard in October 1797.
The ship is the main namesake for the
See also
Citations
- ^ Colledge, p. 99.
- ^ "Discovery (OV-103)". science.ksc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714-1792 (Seaforth Publishing, 2007).
- ISBN 0-8047-0848-7.
External links
Media related to HMS Discovery (1774) at Wikimedia Commons- Ships of the World entry
- Digitised copies of the original logs of HMS Discovery, British Atmospheric Data Centre/The National Archives as part of the CORRAL project
