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RRS Discovery
RRS
Discovery
was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for
Antarctic
research, it was launched as a
Royal Research Ship
(RRS) in 1901. Its first mission was the
British National Antarctic Expedition
, carrying
Robert Falcon Scott
and
Ernest Shackleton
on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the
Discovery Expedition
. It is now the centrepiece of visitor attraction in its home,
Dundee
.
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