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 for
Arctic
exploration in search of Sir
John Franklin
's lost expedition.
Enterprise
made two voyages to the Arctic, the first via the Atlantic in
1848
-
1849
, then in
1850
-
1854
via the Pacific and the
Bering Strait
. 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
.
General Characteristics
Displacement: 471 tons
See
HMS
Enterprise
for other Navy ships of this name. Enterprise
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