Sea explorer Matthew Flinders used several ships, as listed below.
The vessel in which Flinders circumnavigated Australia, The Investigator, had the following dimensions:
Length - 100 feet 6 inches, or 30.63m
Beam - 28 ft 6 in, or 8.69m
Draught - 15 ft, or 4.6m
Weight - 334 tons
When Flinders travelled north along the east coast, he captained the Lady Nelson. Dimensions were:
Length - 52 feet 6 inches, or 16m
Beam - 17 ft 6 in, or 5.33m
Draught - 6 ft, or 1.8m
When Flinders and Bass circumnavigated Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), they were in the Tom Thumb, which was very small - only about 8 ft in length.
Matthew Flinders's full name was simply Matthew Flinders.
Matthew Flinders was born in England.
Matthew Flinders' mum was Susanah.
Matthew Flinders' parents were Matthew (senior), who was a surgeon, and Sussanah (nee Ward).
Yes. Matthew Flinders had a cat named Trim, who accompanied Flinders on most of his journeys between 1799 and 1804.
his boat called tom thumb.
his boat called tom thumb.
Matthew Flinders explored by sea, so he always used a boat or ship. When exploring with George Bass, his transport was the small boat "Tom Thumb", but when circumnavigating Australia, he was in the ship "Investgator".
Matthew Flinders's full name was simply Matthew Flinders.
Matthew Flinders was born in England.
Matthew Flinders' mum was Susanah.
Matthew Flinders was a sea explorer.
Matthew Flinders - academic - was born in 1972.
Matthew Flinders' Cat was created in 2002.
Matthew Flinders travelled by ship. He was a sea explorer.
Matthew Flinders was born in Donington, Lincolnshire, England.
Matthew Flinders' parents were Matthew (senior), who was a surgeon, and Sussanah (nee Ward).