1875 Expedition - the ships

HMS Discovery

Statistics of HMS Discovery

Built by Messrs Stephens & Sons, Dundee

Designed by the builders and engined by the Greenock Foundry Company

Launched in 1873 and purchased in 1874.

Length 166 ft; Breadth 30 ft 2 ins;

Load draught of water - forward 14ft 6 ins; aft 16ft 6 ins.

Displacement tonnage 1,250

Engine Horse Power 365

Commissioned 13th April, 1875 by Captain Henry F. Stephenson, with Lewis A. Beaumont as First Lieutenant as second ship in the Arctic Expedition under George S. Nares.

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