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    HMS Discovery was the consort ship of James Cook's third expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1776–1780. Like Cook's other ships, Discovery was a Whitby-built...
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  • HMS Discovery (1774) was an 8-gun discovery vessel launched in 1774 as the civilian collier Diligence. She was acquired in 1775, and accompanied HMS Resolution...
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  • Discovery, a cruise ship HMCS Discovery, a Vancouver stone frigate HMS Discovery (1741), a 6-gun storeship HMS Discovery (1774), an 8-gun discovery vessel...
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    and Space Museum. The name Discovery was chosen to carry on a tradition based on ships of exploration, primarily HMS Discovery, one of the ships commanded...
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    than two centuries old. In February 1780, the crews of HMS Resolution (1771) and HMS Discovery (1774), on the way home after Captain James Cook's death in...
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    voyage (1776–1780), this time aboard Resolution's companion ship, HMS Discovery (1774), and was present during the first European sighting and exploration...
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  • cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1771. HMS Lion (1774) was a discovery vessel in service from 1774 to 1785. HMS Lion (1777) was a 64-gun third rate launched...
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    Longitude Act 1714. Full text at the Internet Archive Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1774 (14 Geo. 3. c. 66) Alexi Baker (July 2013), Longitude Acts...
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  • both with her sister ship HMS Erebus. She was originally a 10-gun bomb vessel launched in 1813 and converted to a discovery vessel in 1836. She was involved...
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    Mayhew Folger (category 1774 births)
    Pitcairn Islands in 1808, whilst one of HMS Bounty's mutineers was still living. Mayhew was born on March 12, 1774, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the second...
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