British Sailor's Woolwork of H.M.S. Challenger, Pearl-class Corvette, Circa 1865

British Sailor's Woolwork of H.M.S. Challenger.

Pearl-class Corvette.

Circa 1865.

The British sailor's woolie depicts a port side view of the HMS Challenger, a pearl class corvette, under steam and sail on a checkerboard sea.  A banner below has the name of the ship.  She flies the White Ensign.
 
 Dimensions: 24 inches high x 28 1/2 inches wide x 1 inch deep framed.
 
 Framed with Museum UV Glass.
 
 She was picked to undertake the first global marine research expedition: the Challenger expedition. Challenger carried a complement of 243 officers, scientists and crew when she embarked on her 68,890-nautical-mile (127,580 km) journey.
 
 The Challenger expedition of 1872–1876 was a scientific program that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography.  The NASA spaceship Challenger was named after her.
 
 The result was the Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76 which, among many other discoveries, catalogued over 4,000 previously unknown species. John Murray, who supervised the publication, described the report as "the greatest advance in the knowledge of our planet since the celebrated discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries". Challenger sailed close to Antarctica, but not within sight of it. However, it was the first scientific expedition to take pictures of icebergs.
 
 The United States Space Shuttle Challenger was named after the ship. Her figurehead is on display in the foyer of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The United States Space Shuttle Challenger was named after the ship. Her figurehead is on display in the foyer of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
 
Reference:  
HMS Challenger (1858)
From Wikipedia
HMS Challenger was a steam-assisted Royal Navy Pearl-class corvette launched on 13 February 1858 at the Woolwich Dockyard. She was the flagship of the Australia Station between 1866 and 1870.
 
 As part of the North America and West Indies Station she took part in 1862 in operations during the Second French intervention in Mexico, including the occupation of Veracruz. Assigned as the flagship of Australia Station in 1866, in 1868 she undertook a punitive expedition against Fiji to avenge the murders of a missionary and some of his dependents, shelling and burning a village and killing more than 40 native Wainimala. She left the Australian Station in late 1870.
 
 She was picked to undertake the first global marine research expedition: the Challenger expedition. Challenger carried a complement of 243 officers, scientists and crew when she embarked on her 68,890-nautical-mile (127,580 km) journey.
 
 
 THE CHALLENGER EXPEDITION. (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_expedition)
 The Challenger expedition of 1872–1876 was a scientific program that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the naval vessel that undertook the trip, HMS Challenger.
 
 The expedition, initiated by William Benjamin Carpenter, was placed under the scientific supervision of Charles Wyville Thomson—of the University of Edinburgh and Merchiston Castle School—assisted by five other scientists, including Sir John Murray (oceanographer), a secretary-artist and a photographer. The Royal Society of London obtained the use of Challenger from the Royal Navy and in 1872 modified the ship for scientific tasks, equipping it with separate laboratories for natural history and chemistry. The expedition, led by Captain George Nares, sailed from Portsmouth, England, on 21 December 1872. Other naval officers included Commander John Maclear.
 
 (Ref: NY10043-cimr)

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