HMS Beagle
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HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwic
Beagle being hailed by native Fuegians during the survey of Tierra del Fuego, painted by Conrad Martens who became ship's artist in 1833
Longitudinal section of HMS Beagle as of 1832
In 1837 HMS Beagle set off on a survey of Australia, and is shown here in an 1841 watercolour by Captain Owen Stanley of Beagle's sister ship HMS Britomart.
Replica scale 1:1 of HMS Beagle, Nao Victoria Museum, Punta Arenas, Chile, 2018
Second voyage of HMS Beagle
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The second survey expedition of HMS Beagle took place from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836. Robert FitzRoy, the newest commander of Beagle, had thought of the advantages of having someone onboard w
HMS Beagle
…lay in ordinary", moored afloat but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three survey expeditions. The second voyage of HMS Beagle is notable for carrying the recently graduated naturalist Charles Darwin around the world. While the survey work was carried out, Darwin travelled and…
Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle made by Thomas Earnshaw. British Museum, London.
Robert FitzRoy
Darwin in 1840, after the voyage and publication of his Journal and Remarks