
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
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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. |