Fiona and Bernice Vancouver's Life By chs Jun 22, 1757 Captain George Vancouver was born Sep 12, 1771 Vancouver joined Great Britan Royal Navy Sep 12, 1772 At age 13 Vancouver was appointed to Captain Cook's ship HMS Resolution as a 'able seaman' Sep 12, 1775 Vancouver joined Cooks thrid voyage aboard th HMS Discovery Sep 12, 1780 Vancouver passed his Lieutenant examination and was appointed to the HMS Martin and dispatched to the Carrabien Sep 12, 1784 From 1784 -1788. While serving two seprate terms, HMS Europa , Vancouver was promoted Thrid to Second Linuet (seconf in comand) Sep 12, 1790 From 1790 - 1795 Leads a expedition Sep 12, 1790 In 1790 he was appointed the captin of the Discovery Sep 12, 1795 Vancouver comes back from from his expediton May 12, 1798 Passed away