# The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy

Date: 1831

## The fact

On 27 December 1831 the Beagle sailed on an Admiralty survey with [Darwin](/people/charles-darwin) as gentleman naturalist. The instrument is that dated imperial-survey patronage, not the later Origin as a twin. Charles Darwin's documented role is: He accepted a berth on a hydrographic war-survey. FitzRoy commanded. The Admiralty paid the ship. Patronage of empire science is the path, not a unique bribe.

## Context

FitzRoy is the named captain. Sharing Admiralty hydrographers is required. The setting of The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy is the public file around 1831-12-27. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [institutional-corruption](/drivers/institutional-corruption) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy. Naming Charles Darwin does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1831-12-27 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — HMS Beagle / Darwin neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Darwin Online — Beagle records neighbourhood at https://darwin-online.org.uk/ (Darwin Online / University of Cambridge). Official carrier: Britannica — HMS Beagle / Darwin neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Darwin Online — Beagle records neighbourhood (https://darwin-online.org.uk/; Darwin Online / University of Cambridge).

Official or archival record: Britannica — HMS Beagle / Darwin neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy on 1831-12-27. Natural history as a passenger on an imperial survey is an institutional-patronage path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy under 1831-12-27 for Charles Darwin. Established: a sourced public record of The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy under 1831-12-27.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The voyage-as-science improving rows are separate. This stores Admiralty patronage. Mixed effects of The Beagle sails in 1831 as a dated Admiralty survey; Darwin boards as gentleman naturalist, not as the Navy are separate paths.

The attached driver is institutional-corruption. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- Charles Darwin: https://factrail.ai/people/charles-darwin

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://darwin-online.org.uk/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Darwin

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-beagle-admiralty