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HMS Discovery was the name of a number of vessels in the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)

HMS Discovery, launched 1774, was a 230 ton former collier which served as the consort to HMS Resolution on Captain James Cook's third voyage of exploration from 1776 to 1780, commanded by Charles Clerke. Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and Captain Charles Clerke RN ( August 22, 1741 – August 1779 was an officer in the Royal Navy who sailed on four voyages of exploration George Vancouver was a junior officer on this vessel. The United States Space Shuttle Discovery was named after HMS Discovery. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Space Shuttle Discovery ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of

HMS Discovery, launched 1789, was a 337 ton sloop of war commanded by Captain George Vancouver on his voyage of exploration from 1791 to 1794. The Voyage (See also Vancouver Expedition) Discovery was built for a voyage of exploration to the Southern whale fisheries In the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries a sloop-of-war was a small sailing Warship (also known as one of the Escort types with a single gun deck Captain George Vancouver Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This was the sixth vessel to be named HMS Discovery and the first recorded sighting of Mount St. Helens by Europeans was by George Vancouver on May 19, 1792, while they were surveying the northern Pacific Ocean. Mount St Helens is an active Stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This ship was converted to a bomb vessel in 1799 and took part in the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing Naval ship.

HMS Discovery, launched 1879, was a 1247-ton storeship commanded by Captain George Nares during the British Arctic Expedition, a voyage of exploration in the Eastern Arctic in 1875 to 1876. The combat stores ship is a type of United States Navy ship It has two classes Sirius and Mars Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB ( 24 April 1831 &ndash 15 January 1915) was a British naval officer and The British Arctic Expedition of 1875 - 1876, led by Sir George Strong Nares, was sent by the British Admiralty to attempt to reach the North Pole

HMS Discovery, launched 1901, was a purpose-built exploration vessel commanded by Captain Robert Falcon Scott during the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901. History On 16 March 1900, construction on the Discovery began in Dundee, Scotland, by the Dundee Shipbuilders Company The British National Antarctic Expedition 1901&ndash04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic She was redesignated RRS (Royal Research Ship) Discovery in 1923. A Royal Research Ship is a British -operated Merchant ship that conducts research for British Government scientific research organisations notably

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