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HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames .
A nautical chronometer made by Thomas Earnshaw (1749–1828), and once part of the equipment of HMS Beagle, the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world, is held in the British Museum. The chronometer was the subject of one episode of the BBC's series A History of the World in 100 Objects.
A republication of the book in 1905 introduced the title The Voyage of the "Beagle", by which it is now best known. [2] Beagle sailed from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five—Beagle did not return until 2 October ...
Second voyage of HMS Beagle Beagle at Ponsonby Sound in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, in March 1834; painting by the ship's draughtsman Conrad Martens Leader Robert FitzRoy Start 27 December 1831 (1831-12-27) End 2 October 1836 (1836-10-02) Goal Survey South American coast Ships HMS Beagle Achievements Research leading to Darwin's theory of evolution Route The second voyage of HMS ...
HMS Beagle was an Admiralty survey ship sent on three major expeditions. The first (1826–1830) was to survey the coast of South America in company with HMS Adventure . The second expedition (1831–1836) was to build on the work of the first in South America and then to go onward to establish a chain of linked reference points encircling the ...
Beagle had a ship's company of 45 Royal Naval personnel and was classed as a Warship under the White Ensign. The well-equipped galley, situated on 2 deck amidships, fed the whole ship's company to a very high standard. The Wardroom, just to starboard, the Senior Rates Mess just aft and the Junior Ratings mess forward, all having easy access.
The most notable of these ships is the second HMS Beagle, 1820–1870, which transported Charles Darwin around the world in the voyage of Beagle. HMS Beagle (1804), a Cruizer-class brig-sloop in service from 1804 to 1814. HMS Beagle, a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop, launched in 1820 and converted to a survey ship in 1825. After her famous ...
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