HMS Investigator (1801)

	20th-century drawing of HMS Investigator.
History
Great Britain
Name	Fram
Builder	Unknown, at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
Launched	1795
Fate	Sold 1798
Notes	Collier
Great Britain
Name	HMS Xenophon
Acquired	1798
Renamed	HMS Investigator (1801)
Fate	Sold 1810
United Kingdom
Name	Xenophon
Acquired	1810 by purchase
Fate	Broken up about 1872
General characteristics
Tons burthen	HMS:33368⁄94 (bm); 1840:352 (bm); Hulk:367;
Length	HMS; 100 ft 4 in (30.6 m) (overall); 77 ft 8 in (23.7 m) (keel); Hulk: 101 ft 5 in (30.9 m) (overall);
Beam	HMS: 28 ft 5 in (8.7 m); Hulk: 28 ft 2 in (8.6 m);
Draught	15 ft (4.6 m)
Depth of hold	HMS:11 ft 0 in (3.4 m); Hulk:18 ft 9 in (5.7 m);
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Sloop
Complement	80
Armament	As sloop:18 x 32-pounder carronades + 2 x 18-pounder carronades; As discovery vessel:6 x 12-pounder carronades + 2 x 18-pounder carronades + 2 x long 6-pounder cannon + 2 x ½-pounder swivel guns;

HMS Investigator was the mercantile Fram, launched in 1795, which the Royal Navy purchased in 1798 and renamed HMS Xenophon, and then in 1801 converted to a survey ship under the name HMS Investigator. In 1802, under the command of Matthew Flinders, she was the first ship to circumnavigate Australia. The Navy sold her in 1810 and she returned to mercantile service under the name Xenophon. She was probably broken up c.1872.

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