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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	HMS Investigator
Epithet	Royal Navy ship
Dates	1848-1853
History	HMS Investigator was purchased by the Admiralty in 1848 to accompany HMS Enterprise on James Clark Ross's expedition to find Sir John Franklin's missing ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in the Arctic. On the return journey she became trapped in ice at Mercy Bay and was abandoned.
Authorised Form of Name	HMS Investigator; 1848-1853; Royal Navy ship

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