Transport details

RRS Discovery

Ship Details

Official Ship Name RRS Discovery
Call sign
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Characteristics
Length (overall) 52 m
Breadth (overall) 10 m
Draft (overall) m
Gross tonnage 1570 tonnes
Normal sea speed 8 knots
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Other comments 3-masted wooden ship launched 21 March 1901

©Unknown 1929
Catalogue id
725D4
Caption
[neg H3602B] Discovery in the doldrums of the South Atlantic en route Cardiff to Cape Town
Photographer
Hurley, James Francis (Frank)

Voyage List

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Voyage Cruise Name Dates Voyage Leader Objectives
1929/30 1st voyage BANZARE   19-Oct-1929 to 31-Mar-1930   Captain J.K. Davis   1st voyage of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition from 1929 to 1931 under the command of Sir Douglas Mawson, O.B.E., D.Sc.  
1930/31 2rd voyage BANZARE   22-Nov-1930 to 19-Mar-1931   Captain K.N. MacKenzie   2rd voyage of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition from 1929 to 1931 under the command of Sir Douglas Mawson, O.B.E., D.Sc.