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_and_HMS_Investigator_(1848)_in_the_ice.jpg) HMS Enterprise (left) and HMS Investigator (right)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Enterprise |
| Builder | Money Wigram and Sons, Blackwall[1] |
| Cost | £24,545[1] |
| Launched | 5 April 1848 |
| Acquired | Purchased February 1848 on stocks[1] |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arctic Discovery Ship |
| Tonnage | 471 tons (Builder's Measure) |
| Length | 125.6 ft (38.3 m)[1] |
| Beam | 28.8 ft (8.8 m)[1] |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft (6.1 m)[1] |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
HMS Enterprise was an Arctic discovery ship laid down as a merchant vessel and purchased in 1848 before launch to search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. She made two Arctic voyages before becoming a coal depot, and was finally sold in 1903. She was the tenth Enterprise (or Enterprize) to serve in the Royal Navy.
Construction
She was laid down as a merchant vessel at the Blackwall yard of Money Wigram and Sons, but purchased by the Admiralty in February 1848 and fitted for Arctic exploration. She was launched on 5 April 1848.
Career
Enterprise made two voyages to the Arctic, the first via 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.[2] 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.
Bibliography
- Arctic Hell-Ship : the voyage of HMS Enterprise, 1850-1855 by William Barr, University of Alberta Press, USA, 2007, ISBN 0-88864-482-5
References
External links
Media related to HMS Enterprise (1848) at Wikimedia Commons- John Charters/seaman H.M.S. Enterprise Diary at Dartmouth College Library
