I needed a break from all the depressing things that are needing to be done here so when a friend suggested lunch in Dundee and visit a couple of old sailing ships that seemed like a very good idea.
Discovery was launched in Dundee in 1901.
She was a sailing barque with auxiliary steam engine. The steam engine was removed for scrap during World War II.
All set to sail the seven seas.
Discovery voyaged to the Antarctic in the 1901-1904 expedition. She was then sold to the Hudson's Bay Company of Canada for use as a cargo ship, and in the nineteen thirties she made further expeditionary voyages to the Antarctic.
On the bridge of Discovery looking aft.
The stern wheel. This was the original steering mechanism, linked to the bridge by a voice pipe. Later a second wheel was added on the bridge and this one was only used for emergencies.
The pantry
Mess deck.
Albert Armitage, second in command on the 1901-1904 Antarctic Expedition
The cabin of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
Mannequin of Reginald William Skelton, 1872-1956, chief engineer and official photographer on Discovery's voyage to the Antarctic 1901-1904.
More to follow shortly.
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