HMS Discovery (1874)

HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy ship, which was known by the Arctic Expedition 1875-1876 under George Nares.

The Discovery was built at the shipyard of Stephens & Sons in Dundee, Scotland, in 1873 and ran from the stack. It had three masts and was equipped with a 365 horsepower steam engine. Originally christened the Bloodhound and provided as a whaler, the ship was purchased in 1874 by the British Admiralty. She was one of two ships ( Discovery: Captain Henry F. Stephenson, HMS Alert: Captain Albert Hastings Markham ), which should, under the direction of Captain George Nares ( 1831-1915 ) bring a British Arctic expedition to the North Pole. Launched on May 29, 1875 in Portsmouth, the way the two ships on the west coast of Greenland led past to the northeast off Ellesmere Iceland, where the Discovery in the Lady Franklin Bay to 81 ° 44 ' N wintered. Captain Markham succeeded in the spring of 1876 to penetrate with sled up to 83 ° 20 'north latitude. As cases of scurvy occurred, the expedition had to be abandoned. She had not reached the North Pole, but returned with valuable scientific and geographical knowledge back end of October 1876.

About the further use of the ship is currently nothing is known. 1902 the ship was sold.