HMS Challenger (1858)

The HMS Challenger was a British full-rigged ship with auxiliary engine and armament, which was used for oceanographic research cruises. The Challenger Expedition, which was conducted in the years 1872-1876 under the leadership of Sir George Nares and Charles Wyville Thomson, led the ship around the whole earth, and it put back 68 890 nautical miles.

The Challenger was the fifth of eight Royal Navy ships of the same name.

The Space Shuttle Challenger was named after her.

Milestones of the Challenger Expedition

  • On 16 February 1874, the Challenger was the first ship with additional mechanical means, the the Antarctic Circle, this however only a few angular minutes, crossed.
  • On February 23, 1875 explores the crew of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench with the 8,164 meters measured so far the deepest point of the oceans.
  • Cataloging of nearly 4,000 previously unknown new species.

Evidence

HMS Pearl | HMS Satellite | HMS Cadmus | HMS Scout | HMS Scylla | HMS Pelorus | HMS Racoon | HMS Challenger | HMS Clio | HMS Charybdis

List of historical ships of the Royal Navy

  • Pearl Class ( 1855)
  • Research vessel ( United Kingdom)
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