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| Picture No | 10237788 |
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| Description | Discovery ship HMS 'Investigator' used as police-station |
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Captain Cook's discovery ship, the HMS 'Investigator,' (1811), moored at Somerset House, London on the River Thames. Converted into a police-station in March 1837, on 19 April 1842, she sprang a leak and sank, the seven police officers on board were rescued, eventually in October 1857 she was scraped.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated Times', 14 February 1857, page 109 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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