Revell 05458 HMS BEAGLE

HMS Beagle was a British sloop from the 19th century. The keel for the ship was laid in 1818, and the launch of the vessel took place two years later - in 1820. The ship was built at a shipyard in Woolwich on the Thames. The unit was 27.5 m long by 7.5 m wide. Its displacement was about 230-240 tons. It was armed with ten deck guns, the number of which was later reduced to six.

HMS Beagle belonged to the Cherokee class and his early service in the Royal Navy was not very spectacular. The only important event was the participation in the naval survey of the fleets made by George IV in July 1820. A few years later, however, it was adapted as a research vessel, e.g. by reducing the number of cannons or by arranging more space for cabins. In total, he took part in three scientific expeditions, the most famous of which was the one with Charles Darwin in the years 1831-1836, when the ship (under the command of Robert Fitzroy) sailed around the world, mooring, among others, in the Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego, on the islands Galapagos or Australia. HMS Beagle was decommissioned in 1845.