Boat Beagle out of season

2019/11/08 Roa Zubia, Guillermo - Elhuyar Zientzia

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The full name of the ship was HMS Beagle, His Majesty’s Ship Beagle, as all English army ships had earlier this HMS. The HMS Beagle was a brigantine, a two-mast boat, typical of the XIX. At the beginning of the twentieth century. Beagle had a length of 27.5 meters, approximately equal to five cars parked online.

Beagle is famous for Darwin, but it was not Beagle's only trip. He made three great trips: the first one to Patagonia and the territory of Fuego, and then went two laps to the world. When Darwin traveled on his second trip in Beagle. Subsequently, the ship was converted into a coastguard to participate in the smuggling control in the English County of Essex. Finally, in 1870 it was dismantled. It was first launched in 1820 and dismantled in 1870. So he had a life of 50 years. And then they eliminated it. In fact it was not a ship of great importance, that I know there is no photo of Beagle.

The truth is that the boat is now famous and, as in England supporters of preserving this cultural heritage, have investigated where Beagle's tracks are.

They know it was dismantled in a Essex estuary and researchers from the company Wessex Archaeology have used a drone to locate exactly where Beagle was dismantled. And they are believed to have found him. They are not sure but supposedly they are.

Finally, I would like to mention that to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth they wanted to make a copy of Beagle in England, and that with this replica they wanted to repeat Beagle's second journey being the young scientific crews. But there was no money and the project was suspended.

The boat Beagle, a ship of great importance in the history of science, has disappeared. However, it is possible to know its heritage: Through research by Darwin and other records.