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| Home-Loney-Background-The Royal Navy | Browse mid-Victorian RN vessels: A; B; C; D; E - F; G - H; I - L; M; N - P; Q - R; S; T - U; V - Z; ?? |
| Name | Assistance | Explanation | |
| Type | Discovery vessel | ||
| Acquired | March 1850 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 420 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 2 | ||
| Fate | 1854 | ||
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| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1835 Launched. Ex-Baboo, purchased. 1854.08.25 abandoned Bathurst Island, Artic | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 February 1850 - 9 October 1851 | Commanded by Captain Erasmus Ommanney, in Horatio Thomas Austen's squadron in search of Sir John Franklin | ||
| 10 February 1852 - 25 August 1854 | Commanded by Captain Edward Belcher, particular service: searching, together with Pioneer (Sherard Osborn, tender to Assistance), Resolute (Henry Kellett) and Intrepid ( McClintock, tender to Resolute) for Sir John Franklins' ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition, until abandoned at Bathurst Island | ||
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