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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Henry Grace a Dieu, HMS Beagle, HMS Romney, HMS Amazon, HMS Tyger, HMS Sovereign of the Seas, HMS Minerva, HMS Royal George, HMS Minotaur, HMS Boreas, HMS Dolphin, HMS Chatham, HMS Antelope, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Niger, HMS Royal Katherine, HMS Macedonian, HMS Caledonia, HMS Prince Royal, USS Macedonian, HMS Kent, HMS Mary, HMS Royal Charles, HMS Royal Albert, HMS Pallas, HMS St Andrew, HMS Dunkirk, Woolwich Dockyard, HMS Jason, HMS Basilisk, HMS Wolverine, HMS Pearl, HMS Woolwich, English ship Vanguard, HMS Amphion, HMS Adventure, HMS Brisk, HMS Triumph, HMS Vanguard, HMS Phoenix, HMS Intrepid, English ship Leopard, HMS Black Prince, HMS Charles Galley, HMS Hawke, HMS Isis, HMS Thunderer, HMS Ocean, HMS Bristol, HMS Wolf, HMS Nonsuch, HMS Unicorn, English ship Charles, English ship Antelope, HMS Ethalion. Excerpt: HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of 7,803. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom in which she was the first ship to sail under the new London Bridge. After that there was no immediate need for Beagle so she "lay in ordinary," moored afloat but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three expeditions. On the second survey voyage the young naturalist Charles Darwin was on board, and his work would eventually make the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history. On 27 September 1825 Beagle docked at Woolwich for repairs and fitted out for her new duties at a total cost of 5,913. Her guns were reduced from ten cannons to six and a mizzen mast was added to improve her maneuverability, thereby changing her from a brig to a bark (or barque). Beagle set sail fro...
