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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  • Type: Disaster remains
  • Description: Merchant ship used in Arctic exploration
  • Also known as: “HMS Investigator 1848”, “ＨＭＳインヴェスティゲーター”, and “インベスティゲーター (1848年建造)”

HMS Investigator

Latitude
74.0844° or 74° 5′ 4″ north
Longitude
-119.00262° or 119° 0′ 9″ west
Open location code
C5623XMW+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6516940271
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­wreck
Wiki­data ID
Q1564906
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Satellite Map

Discover HMS Investigator from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Tamil—“HMS Investigator” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “HMS Investigator”
  • French: “HMS Investigator (1848)”
  • French: “HMS Investigator”
  • German: “HMS Investigator (1848)”
  • German: “Investigator”
  • Irish: “HMS Investigator”
  • Japanese: “インヴェスティゲーター (1848年建造)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “HMS «Investigator»”
  • Norwegian: “HMS «Investigator»”
  • Papiamento: “HMS Investigator (1848)”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌اس اینوستیگیتور (۱۸۴۸)”
  • Persian: “اچ‌ام‌اس اینوستیگیتور”
  • Polish: “HMS Investigator”
  • Russian: “HMS Investigator (1848)”
  • Russian: “HMS Investigator”
  • Spanish: “HMS Investigator (1848)”
  • Spanish: “HMS Investigator”
  • Tamil: “எச்.எம்.எசு இன்வெஸ்டிகேட்டர் (1848)”
  • Tamil: “எச்.எம்.எசு இன்வெஸ்டிகேட்டர்”
  • “HMS Investigator”

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