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Starboard view of Ravenswood, accompanying Scott's 'Terra Nova' to sea. 15th June 1910. (Full view of Terra Nova to the right of Ravenswood)

P.S. RAVENSWOOD (1891-1955). She became H.M.S. Ringtail from Sept 1943 to April 1944 when she was taken into service during World War II.

S.Y. TERRA NOVA. Auxiliary barque of 764 tons, was built by Messrs Alexander Stephens and Sons, Dundee in 1884 for the whaling trade. Although nearly thirty years old at the time of Captain Scott's expedition, she was chosen for it because of her suitability for work in the Antarctic ice. Her beams were fourteen ins thick, her bows were nine feet of solid wood, and her stem was sheathed with iron plating.