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HMS Beagle (A319)
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HMS Beagle was a Bulldog class
coastal survey vessel
of the Royal Navy
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She was originally to have been called HMS Barracouta but her name was changed to HMS Beagle in honour of the ship
which carried Charles Darwin
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She was built by yacht builder Brooke Marine
, to commercial, rather than military, ship standards at a cost of £53,000,000. She was launched on 7 September 1967 and commissioned the following year. She was the last Royal Navy vessel to have wooden (over steel) decks. She served until 7 February 2002 when she was paid off. She was sold in March that year for £750,000 to a yacht company in Poole
for conversion. In 2002 she was refitted into a four deck luxury yacht and renamed MY Titan. She is able to sleep 22 guests and accommodate 20 crew.
Bulldog class survey vessel
The Bulldog class was a four ship class of survey vessel in service with the Royal Navy from the late 1960s until the start of the 21st century. Initially designed with service overseas in mind, they spent most of their careers off the British coast. A fifth ship was subsequently built to a...
coastal survey vessel
Survey vessel
A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for mapping. It is a type of research vessel.-Role:The task of survey vessels is to map the bottom, benthic zone, full water column, and surface for the purpose of:* hydrography* general oceanography...
of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
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She was originally to have been called HMS Barracouta but her name was changed to HMS Beagle in honour of the ship
HMS Beagle
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...
which carried Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
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She was built by yacht builder Brooke Marine
Brooke Marine
Brooke Marine was a Lowestoft-based shipbuilding firm. The company constructed boats and small ships for civilian and commercial use, as well as minor warships for the Royal Navy, Royal Navy of Oman, Royal Australian Navy, Kenya Navy and United States Navy.The company was founded in 1874 as a...
, to commercial, rather than military, ship standards at a cost of £53,000,000. She was launched on 7 September 1967 and commissioned the following year. She was the last Royal Navy vessel to have wooden (over steel) decks. She served until 7 February 2002 when she was paid off. She was sold in March that year for £750,000 to a yacht company in Poole
Poole
Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...
for conversion. In 2002 she was refitted into a four deck luxury yacht and renamed MY Titan. She is able to sleep 22 guests and accommodate 20 crew.