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<p><b>HMS Discovery</b> was the <a href="page.php?w=Consort_%28nautical%29">consort</a> ship of <a href="page.php?w=James_Cook">James Cook</a>'s <a href="page.php?w=Third_voyage_of_James_Cook">third expedition</a> to the <a href="page.php?w=Pacific_Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> in 1776-1780.  Like Cook's other ships, Discovery was a <a href="page.php?w=Whitby">Whitby</a>-built collier originally named Diligence when she was built in 1774. Purchased in 1775, the vessel was measured at 299 tons <a href="page.php?w=Builder%27s_Old_Measurement">burthen</a>.</p><p>
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