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
Ship-of-the-line captain in the United States Navy, and to the rank of captain at sea used in Germany and the Netherlands. Captain is rank OF-5 in the NATO rank codes, and equates to the land-forces rank of full colonel. "Linienschiffskapitän" was an officer rank in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, equivalent to "oberst" in the land forces or "kapitän zur see" in the "Kaiserliche Marine". It is still partly used by the navies of the Empire's successor states, such as Yugoslavia and Croatia. In order, the other officer ranks below ship-of-the-line captain were In the Belgian Navy the rank of "capitaine de vaisseau" or