HMS Investigator (1801)
20th-century drawing of HMS Investigator. | |
| History | |
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| Great Britain | |
| Name | Fram |
| Builder | Unknown, at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland |
| Launched | 1795 |
| Fate | Sold 1798 |
| Notes | Collier |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Xenophon |
| Acquired | 1798 |
| Renamed | HMS Investigator (1801) |
| Fate | Sold 1810 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Xenophon |
| Acquired | 1810 by purchase |
| Fate | Broken up about 1872 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Beam |
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| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
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| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Sloop |
| Complement | 80 |
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HMS Investigator was built as the mercantile Fram (not to be confused with the Norwegian polar exploration vessel, Fram) and launched in 1795. Purchased in 1798 by the Royal Navy she was renamed HMS Xenophon, and then in 1801 converted to a survey ship under the name HMS Investigator. In 1802, under the command of Matthew Flinders, she was the first ship to circumnavigate Australia. The Navy sold her in 1810 and she returned to mercantile service under the name Xenophon. She was probably broken up c.1872.