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| Name | Discovery (1874) | Explanation | |
| Type | Vessel | ||
| Acquired | December 1874 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Screw | ||
| Builders measure | 556 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1247 tons | ||
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| Fate | 1902 | ||
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| Note | Launched 1873 as whaler Bloodhound. Purchased for 1875 Arctic expedition | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 15 April 1875 | Commanded (from commissioning at Portsmouth) by Captain Henry Frederick Stephenson, for the British Arctic expedition of 1875-6, led by George Strong Nares in Alert | ||
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