The importance of HMS

challenger

HMS Challenger

THE SHIP

• It was a very large ship, 61m in length.
• It had an armoured knight with a silver chest plate on it which is now in the Oceanography centre and the only part of this ship left.
• It was made in England in February 1858
• It was made of wood.
• In 1870 it will start its trip around the world.
• 15 of the ships 17 guns were removed for laboratories and workrooms ready for the journey

THE JOURNEY

• The captain was called George Nares
• He had a crew of 200 men.
• The journey started on 7th December 1872.
• The journey had no less than 362 stops over 127,000km
• 3.5 years long
• Lots and lots of information was found during this time which has helped us in the future.
• Journey ended in May 1876 in the UK.

HOW THE HMS CHALLENGER HAS HELPED US

• Found lots of new animals on the journey, lots of these are in museums around the world.
• The information they found is still used in researching today.
• Their information showed us the effect of climate change on the ocean.
• Recorded the scale of the Mariana Trench.
• Recorded how big the Pacific Chasm is.