Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1820s Ships, Bridges Completed in the 1820s, Hms Beagle, Uss Brandywine, Uss Vincennes, Henry Eckford, Uss Vandalia, Uss Shark, Uss Alligator, Uss Warren, Uss Beagle, Emma, Uss St. Louis, Hms Erebus, Uss Ohio, Uss Ben Morgan, Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, Russian Brig Mercury, Hms Ganges, Greek Frigate Hellas, Uss Grampus, Uss Delaware, Uss Fairfield, Hms Unicorn, Hms Powerful, Uss North Carolina, Uss William Badger, Uss Falmouth, Hms Vengeance, Hms Britannia, Uss Potomac, Hms Princess Charlotte, Hms Diana, Hms Royal George, Uss Natchez, Hms Trafalgar, Hms Madagascar, French Ship Couronne, French Corvette Créole, Hms Royal Adelaide, Uss Boston, Uss Porpoise, Uss Dolphin, French Ship Algésiras, Uss Decoy, Hms Prince Regent, Hms Formidable, Hms Asia, Usrc Benjamin Rush, Hms Clarence, Hms Russell, Hms Bombay, Hms Hawke, Hms Carnatic, Hms Imaun, Hms Daedalus, Enterprize, Hms Hyacinth, Mahmudiye, Azov. 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
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