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Hms Beagle Essay title: Hms Beagle H.M.S. Beagle A rainy morning on December 27, 1831, the H.M.S. Beagle and a crew of seventy-three men sailed out of Plymouth Harbor. This fairly small ship was sent on a mission to continue the charting of the South America coast, and to gather more accurate fixings of longitude.