HMS Investigator
HMS Investigator was a merchant ship purchased in 1848 to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition. She made two voyages to the Arctic and had to be abandoned in 1853, after becoming trapped in the pack ice.
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- Description: Merchant ship used in Arctic exploration
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Latitude
74.0844° or 74° 5′ 4″ north
Longitude
-119.00262° or 119° 0′ 9″ west
Open location code
C5623XMW+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreck
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Tamil—“HMS Investigator” goes by many names.
HMS InvestigatorFinnish
HMS InvestigatorIrish
ＨＭＳインヴェスティゲーターJapanese
インヴェスティゲーター (1848年建造)Japanese
インベスティゲーター (1848年建造)Japanese
HMS «Investigator»Norwegian
HMS «Investigator»Norwegian Bokmål
HMS Investigator (1848)Norwegian Bokmål
HMS Investigator (1848)Papiamento
اچاماس اینوستیگیتورPersian
اچاماس اینوستیگیتور (۱۸۴۸)Persian
HMS InvestigatorPolish
HMS InvestigatorRussian
HMS Investigator (1848)Russian
எச்.எம்.எசு இன்வெஸ்டிகேட்டர்Tamil
எச்.எம்.எசு இன்வெஸ்டிகேட்டர் (1848)Tamil
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