HMS Adventure (1771)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Adventure
- Launch Year
- 1771
- Type
- Sloop
- Class
- Ship-rigged sloop
- Launched
- 1771
- Built at
- Deptford Dockyard
- Commissioned
- 1771
- Armament
- Varied
- Propulsion
- Sail
- Role
- Exploration vessel
- Notable for
- Cook's second voyage
- Fate
- Broken up
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Adventure accompanied HMS Resolution on Cook's second voyage.
Service History
She took part in major exploration efforts in the Pacific.
Historical Significance
She contributed to eighteenth-century naval exploration.