P008053 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Cultural Object created 2026-05-26 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-06-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008053b.htm culturalArtefact H.M.S. Discovery [I] Royal Navy AACR2 Discovery, H.M.S. 1774 1797 Ship Maritime exploration H.M.S. Discovery was a collier built in Whitby and launched in 1774 with the name Diligence. She was purchased by the Royal Navy 1775 as consort ship to H.M.S. Resolution for James Cook's third voyage of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, and renamed Discovery. The expedition departed from Plymouth in July 1776. Commander of Discovery was Charles Clerke: the ship's company included Midshipman George Vancouver and astronomer William Bayly. After revisiting New Zealand and island groups in the south Pacific, the expedition spent nearly two years exploring in the north Pacific. Clerke took command of the expedition and of Resolution after Cook was killed in February 1779. The ships reached Stromness in the Orkney Islands in 1780. Discovery was subsequently used as a store ship and broken up in 1797.

This was not the ship which sailed as consort to H.M.S. Resolution for James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1776 - 1780).

13 July 1776 13 July 1776 Event - Departed from Plymouth, United Kingdom 14 February 1779 14 February 1779 Event - Death of James Cook, Sandwich Islands October 1780 October 1780 Event - Arrived in Stromness, Orkney Islands Vancouver, George (1757 - 1798)

Midshipman for James Cook's third voyage 1776 - 1780

 Bayly, William (1737 - 1810)

Astronomer for James Cook's third voyage

 H.M.S. Resolution, Royal Navy (1770 - c. 1782)

Discovery was consort to Resolution for James Cook's third voyage 1776 - 1780

 Cook, James (1728 - 1779)

Commander of the Expedition 1776 - 1779

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