HMS Discovery (1789) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy ship best known as the lead ship in George Vancouver's exploration of the west coast of North America in his 1791-1795 expedition. Discovery was built at the Randall & Brents shipyard in London in 1789. Originally intended for a round-the-world voyage focusing on the South Seas whaling grounds, she was named after the previous HMS Discovery, one of the ships on James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on which Vancouver had served as a midshipman.