Editing HMS Investigator (1848) (section)

== Career ==
[[File:The devils thumb, ships boring and warping in the pack - Lithod. by Chas. Haghe after the original by Lieut. W.H. Browne ; printed by Day & Son. LCCN2003663111 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|{{HMS|Enterprise|1848|6}} and HMS ''Investigator'' (right), by Lieutenant W.H. Browne]]
In 1848, she accompanied {{HMS|Enterprise|1848|6}} on [[James Clark Ross]]'s expedition to find [[Franklin's lost expedition]]. Also aboard ''Investigator'' on this expedition was the naturalist [[Edward Adams (surgeon)|Edward Adams]]. On their return journey she was commanded by [[Robert McClure]],<ref name="Davis">{{cite web|last = Davis|first = P.|title = Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS ''Investigator''|url = http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1625|work = William Loney RN|access-date = 29 July 2010}}</ref> but the ship became trapped in the pack ice at [[Mercy Bay]] adjoining [[Banks Island]]. The decision was eventually taken to abandon her on 3&nbsp;June 1853, after she had been stuck for nearly three years.{{sfn|Winfield|2004|p=141}}

The following year, she was inspected by crews of {{HMS|Resolute|1850|6}}, still frozen in, and reported to be in generally fair condition despite having taken on some water during the summer thaw.

Unlike the loss of {{HMS|Erebus|1826|2}} and {{HMS|Terror|1813|2}}, the events surrounding ''Investigator''{{'}}s abandonment are not a mystery. McClure provided an official account of the journey, and the ship's surgeon, [[Alexander Armstrong (Royal Navy officer)|Alexander Armstrong]], published an unofficial account in 1857.<ref>{{cite news|title = HMS ''Investigator'' is familiar wreckage|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/hms-investigator-is-familiar-weckage/article1655178|work = [[The Globe and Mail]]|date = 28 July 2010|access-date = 29 July 2010}}</ref> However, the exact location of her wreckage remained unknown for over 150&nbsp;years because of difficulties in reaching the area, which is extremely inhospitable and frequently iced over.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|title = Abandoned 1854 ship found in Arctic|url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/abandoned-1854-ship-found-in-arctic-1.911131|publisher = [[CBC News]]|date = 2010-07-28|access-date = 2010-07-29}}</ref>