# Hero (sloop)

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The '''''Hero''''' was a tiny sloop, just 44 tons and 47 feet long, captained by 21-year-old [Nathaniel Palmer](/source/Nathaniel_Palmer) of [Stonington, Connecticut](/source/Stonington%2C_Connecticut), and manned by a crew of four additional men ranging in age from 16 to 31. It was in the ''Hero'' that Palmer, in search of as-yet-unknown seal-hunting prospects, stumbled upon [Deception Island](/source/Deception_Island) (in November 1820) and, soon afterward, first sighted the snow-clad mountains of the [Antarctic](/source/Antarctica) coastline to the south-southeast. Palmer would soon afterward relay his signal discovery to a Russian exploration fleet, which had been sent to the distant southern waters by [Alexander I of Russia](/source/Alexander_I_of_Russia).<ref>{{cite book|last=Cutler|first=Carl C.|title=Greyhounds of the Sea|location=New York|publisher=Halcyon Books|date=1930|edition=reprint}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Jennings|first=John|title=Clipper Ship Days: The Golden Age of American Sailing Ships|url=https://archive.org/details/clippershipdaysg00jenn|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Random House|year=1952|pages=[https://archive.org/details/clippershipdaysg00jenn/page/66 66-75]}}</ref>

In honor of Palmer's ''Hero'', US [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation) named a research ship for her, ''[RV Hero](/source/RV_Hero)''. The new ''Hero'' was a diesel-driven, 125-foot ship, equipped with sails also, which was built for doing research in the waters of the [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/Antarctic_Peninsula), from her port at [Palmer Station](/source/Palmer_Station).<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.palmerstation.com/hero/newship.html|title=Hero: A New Antarctic Research Ship Adjunct to Palmer Station Permits Diversified Research Program|journal=Antarctic Journal|date=May–June 1968}}</ref> She was launched from Harvey F. Gamage shipyard in [South Bristol, Maine](/source/South_Bristol%2C_Maine), on March 28, 1968,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.palmerstation.com/hero/launch.html|title=The Launching of Hero|journal=Antarctic Journal|date=May–June 1968}}</ref> and sank in 2017.<ref name="co">{{cite news| url=http://www.chinookobserver.com/co/local-news/20170307/hero-sinks | title=Hero sinks | newspaper=[Chinook Observer](/source/Chinook_Observer) | date=March 7, 2017 | accessdate=March 9, 2017}}</ref>

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Category:Individual sailing vessels
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Category:Ships built in South Bristol, Maine
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