RRS Discovery
 RRS Discovery in Antarcticae c. 1923
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 UK
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| Ainer: | Dundee Heritage Trust since 1985 |
| Bigger: | Dundee Shipbuilders Company, Dundee |
| Laid doun: | 1900 |
| Launched: | 21 March 1901[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Lady Markham |
| Christened: | Leddy Markham |
| Status: | Museum ship in Dundee, Scotland |
| General chairacteristics | |
| Cless an teep: | Widden Barque; 1 funnel, 3 mosts |
| Tonnage: | 736 GRT[2] |
| Displacement: | 1,570 tonnes[3] |
| Lenth: | 172 ft (52 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | Coal-firet 450hp lunt ingine an sail |
| Speed: | 8 knot (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Crew: | 11 officers an 36 men |
RRS Discovery wis the lest tradeetional widden three-mostit bait tae be biggit in Breetain. Mintit fur Antarctic resairch, it wis lencht as a Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1901. Its first mission wis the Breetish Naitional Antarctic Expedeetion, cairyin Robert Falcon Scott an Ernest Shackleton on their first, sonsie vaige tae the Antarctic, kent as the Discovery Expedeetion. It is nou the centrepiece o veesitor attraction in its hame, Dundee.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Huntford, Roland (1986). Shackleton. p. 34. ISBN 0-689-11429-X.
- ↑ "Lloyd's Register 1934–35" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Archived frae the original (pdf) on 26 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ↑ Paine, Lincoln P (2000). Ships of Discovery and Exploration. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-395-98415-4.
Fremmit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- RRS Discovery Museum offeecial wabsteid (in Inglis)
Coordinates: 56°27′25″N 2°58′0″W / 56.45694°N 2.96667°W
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