&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Investigator_stuck_in_ice_(cropped).jpg) HMS Investigator stuck in ice in August 1851, depicted by the ship's artist Samuel Gurney Cresswell
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Investigator |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding Company |
| Cost | £25,337 |
| Acquired | February 1848 |
| Abandoned | 3 June 1853 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Survey vessel |
| Tons burthen | 422–480 tonnes BOM[1] |
| Length | 118 ft (36 m) |
| Beam | 28+1⁄4 ft (8.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18+11⁄12 ft (5.8 m) |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
HMS Investigator was a merchant ship purchased in 1848 to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition. She made two voyages to the Arctic and had to be abandoned in 1853, after becoming trapped in the pack ice.
Her wreckage was found in July 2010, off Banks Island in the Beaufort Sea. She was the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.
- ^ Colledge 2006, p. 174.