HMS Challenger

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19th-century ship Royal Navy survey ship corvette

HMS Challenger was a 19th-century British Royal Navy survey ship famed for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition (1872–1876), which laid the foundations of modern oceanography.

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HMS Challenger expedition 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century ship ⓘ
Royal Navy survey ship ⓘ
corvette ⓘ
armament guns ⓘ
chiefScientist Charles Wyville Thomson ⓘ
collectedSpecimens thousands of new marine species ⓘ
commandedBy Frank Tourle Thomson ⓘ
George Nares ⓘ
commissioned 1861 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decommissioned 1880s ⓘ
departureDate 21 December 1872 ⓘ
departurePort Portsmouth ⓘ
distanceTravelled about 68,000 nautical miles ⓘ
endTimeOfUseAsResearchVessel 1876 ⓘ
expeditionLeader Charles Wyville Thomson ⓘ
flagshipOf Challenger expedition ⓘ
honouredBy naming of Challenger Deep ⓘ
naming of Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
naming of survey ship USNS Challenger ⓘ
launched 1858 ⓘ
legacy foundation of modern oceanography ⓘ
inspired establishment of oceanographic institutes ⓘ
length about 200 feet ⓘ
mission deep-sea sounding ⓘ
global oceanographic survey ⓘ
marine biology sampling ⓘ
measurement of ocean temperature and chemistry ⓘ
seafloor mapping ⓘ
namedAfter HMS Challenger (1806) ⓘ
notableDiscovery Challenger Deep ⓘ
detailed global seafloor soundings ⓘ
evidence of life at great ocean depths ⓘ
numberOfStations over 360 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
primaryNotability Challenger expedition ⓘ
propulsion sail ⓘ
steam engine ⓘ
publication Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1880s–1890s ⓘ
returnDate 24 May 1876 ⓘ
returnPort Spithead ⓘ
rigging screw corvette ⓘ
route Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
scientificStaffMember Henry Nottidge Moseley ⓘ
John Murray ⓘ
Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm ⓘ
scrapped 1921 ⓘ
shipyard Woolwich Dockyard ⓘ
startTimeOfUseAsResearchVessel 1872 ⓘ

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Challenger Deep → discoveredBy → HMS Challenger ⓘ
this entity surface form: HMS Challenger expedition
Challenger Deep → namedAfter → HMS Challenger ⓘ
Challenger Deep → surveyedBy → HMS Challenger ⓘ