HMS Discovery (1874) to D Murray in February 1902. The 1901 research vessel, built for the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904), incorporated many of the features of "Discovery", as well as taking her name. RRS "Discovery" was commanded by Robert Falcon Scott and took part in the Discovery Investigations from 1924 to 1931. She is now on permanent display at Dundee. Subsequent Royal Research Ships, launched in 1929 and 1962, have also borne the name, as has Space Shuttle "Discovery". HMS Discovery (1874) HMS "Discovery" was a wooden screw storeship, formerly the whaling ship "Bloodhound". She was purchased in 1874 for the British
Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain voyage, Lovell asks Campbell to marry him. Campbell says she will marry Lovell when he returns from his second voyage. In 1775, just before the American Revolution, William Lovell and ten other Americans, are seized and put in irons by the captain and crew of the British ship the Constance, which sets sail for Cuba. Fanny Campell decides to rescue her fiancé. She dresses as a man, calls herself Channing, and signs on as a deckhand on the Constance. On board the ship, rumors begin to circulate that the captain is going to take the entire crew to England and