HMS Investigator was abandoned in 1853 trying to find earlier mission searching for north-west passage across North AmericaCanadian archaeologists have found a British ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the north-west passage, the fabled sea route across North America, the head of the team said.Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada's head of underwater archaeology, said the HMS Investigator was found in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada's western Arctic. The ship had been abandoned in the ice in 1853 while trying to find the doomed earlier expedition of Sir John Franklin."The ship is standing upright in very good condition. It's standing in about 11 metre (36 feet) of water," he ...