HMS Enterprise (1848)

The sixth HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was a new-built merchant vessel purchased by the Admiralty in 1848 to be fitted and strengthened

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Royal Navy - Admiralty - 1848

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for Arctic exploration in search of Sir John Franklin's lost

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Arctic - John Franklin

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expedition. Enterprise made two voyages to the Arctic, the first via

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the Atlantic in 1848-1849 under James Clark Ross, then in 1850-1854 via the Pacific and the Bering Strait in an expedition led by Richard Collinson.

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1848 - 1849 - James Clark Ross - 1850 - 1854 - Bering Strait - Richard Collinson

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From 1860 she was lent to the Commissioners of Northern Lights for use as a coal hulk at Oban, and from 1889 she was lent to the Board of Trade. She was sold in 1903.

Related Topics:
1860 - Commissioners of Northern Lights - Coal hulk - Oban - 1889 - Board of Trade - 1903

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