
HMS Discovery 1873 - 1902
1873 - built in Dundee by Stephens & Sons as the whaler 'Bloodhound'
1874 - purchased by the Admiralty on 5 December and converted for exploration, commissioned 13 April 1875
1875-1876 - captained by George Nares for the British Arctic Expedition to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound (the sea passage between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Canada.)