HCS ''Research'' was a ship that the British
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
(EIC) had built for it in 1823 at Fort Gloster (
Calcutta
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
) to serve as a
survey ship
A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel, and may be designed for the pu ...
. She is most famous for her 1827 voyage under the command of Captain
Peter Dillon
Peter Dillon (15 June 1788 – 9 February 1847) was a sea captain engaged in the merchant trade, explorer and writer. Dillon discovered in 1826–27 the fate of the La Pérouse expedition.
Early career
Peter Dillon was born in Martinique, Fra ...
that discovered the fate of Count
Lapérouse's expedition and its ships
'' Boussole'' and
''Astrolabe''.
During the period 1824-26, the
Burmese War diverted ''Research'' from her surveying duties. She received ten guns and Captain John Crawford, together with Messrs. C. B. Richardson and C.Montriou, of the Marine, as his officers, participated in the military operations. Mr. Rogers, the second officer, was killed in action at Avas.
The EIC sold ''Research'' at some point.
''Research'' appeared in the Supplemental pages of the ''Register of Shipping'' in 1833. It reported her master as Ogilvie, her owner as Bruce and Co., and her trade as London to Calcutta.
[''Register of Shipping'' (1833).]
/ref> She was lost at Nursapore in 1835.
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1823 ships
British ships built in India
Ships of the British East India Company
Maritime incidents in 1835