Researchers Believe Captain Cook’s Famed ‘Endeavour’ Rests at Bottom of Newport Harbor

gCaptain ^ | May 4, 2016 | Scott Malone

[artichokegrower]

The wreckage of the Endeavour, the storied British ship that 18th-century explorer Captain James Cook sailed through the uncharted South Pacific, may lie a few hundred feet off Rhode Island’s coast in Newport Harbor, researchers said Wednesday.

The 105-foot (32-meter) long, three-masted bark, later renamed the Lord Sandwich, had been hired out by the British Royal Navy as a troop transport when it was one of 13 ships deliberately sunk by the British in 1778 in an effort to blockade the harbor.

[artichokegrower]

Kind of an inglorious to a ship with a glorious history.

[BenLurkin]

Being renamed the Sandwich was bad enough.

[Frederick303]

they really do not know which wreck it is. an attempt to raise funds for school to do research.

[GingisK]

Yeah, not even the Royal Hoagie.

[Mears]

Aloha !!!!

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[Bigg Red]

ping

[HandyDandy]

Agreed. Submarine sandwich would have been more appropriate.

[fella]

[OldNewYork]

Story you might be interested in?

[exit82]

Also from the article:

This is not the first time wreckage has been identified as the Endeavour. Another ship was found in an area of the harbor that has since been built over as landfill, that may in fact have been the Resolution, the ship Cook sailed around Antarctica, Abbass said.

“It turns out that Rhode Island, specifically Newport, is the home of two vessels that went around the world with Cook,” Abbass said.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Bigg Red.

The wreckage of the Endeavour, the storied British ship that 18th-century explorer Captain James Cook sailed through the uncharted South Pacific, may lie a few hundred feet off Rhode Island's coast in Newport Harbor, researchers said Wednesday. The 105-foot (32-meter) long, three-masted bark, later renamed the Lord Sandwich, had been hired out by the British Royal Navy as a troop transport when it was one of 13 ships deliberately sunk by the British in 1778 in an effort to blockade the harbor.

"I am Kerfuffle, captain of The Lord Sandwich..."

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!

[BenLurkin]

On the general subject of locating historical shipwrecks I recommend this non-fiction book:

[Fresh Wind]

The Royal Submarine would have been more appropriate.

[Mr. K]

I was listening to the radio this AM and they were listing the accomplishments of Captain Cook- this guy did a hell of a lot of things!

I can’t even get my garage cleaned

[Mr. K]

I watched that entire movie without realizing that it was Dustin Hoffman playing Captain Hook.

I had to watch it again to see.

[SunkenCiv]

Dirk Pitt’s “Raise the Titanic” documentary was also interesting. /s

[HandyDandy]

Am I the only one who is behooved that an entire article surrounding Cap’n Cook does not even mention the scourge of scurvy?

[naturalman1975]

Thanks - yes, definitely interested. Especially if it does turn out to be Endeavour and not some other ship.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 5/4/2016, thanks again artichokegrower. Just an update.

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