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Researchers Believe Captain Cook’s Famed ‘Endeavour’ Rests at Bottom of Newport Harbor
gCaptain ^
| May 4, 2016
| Scott Malone
Posted on 05/04/2016 3:22:10 PM PDT by 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 Islands 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Rhode Island; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antarctica; captaincook; captainjamescook; endeavour; godsgravesglyphs; maritime; newportharbor; rhodeisland; royalnavy; shipwreck; southpacific; theendeavour; thegeneral; thelordsandwich; theresolution; therevolution
Kind of an inglorious to a ship with a glorious history.
To: artichokegrower
Being renamed the Sandwich was bad enough.
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posted on
05/04/2016 3:25:44 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
they really do not know which wreck it is. an attempt to raise funds for school to do research.
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, not even the Royal Hoagie.
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posted on
05/04/2016 4:45:33 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/04/2016 4:53:21 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/04/2016 5:20:56 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Keep calm and Pray on.)
To: BenLurkin
Agreed. Submarine sandwich would have been more appropriate.
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posted on
05/04/2016 5:39:12 PM PDT
by
HandyDandy
(Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
05/04/2016 5:50:31 PM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: naturalman1975
Story you might be interested in?
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posted on
05/05/2016 4:01:36 AM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
To: artichokegrower
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.
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posted on
05/05/2016 4:05:18 AM PDT
by
exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
To: Bigg Red; afraidfortherepublic; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; ...
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..."
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posted on
05/05/2016 6:54:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: HandyDandy; GingisK; BenLurkin
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posted on
05/05/2016 6:57:37 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv; All
On the general subject of locating historical shipwrecks I recommend this non-fiction book:
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posted on
05/05/2016 7:26:21 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: GingisK
The Royal Submarine would have been more appropriate.
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posted on
05/05/2016 7:38:11 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hey now baby, get into my big black car, I just want to show you what my politics are.)
To: artichokegrower
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
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posted on
05/05/2016 9:52:57 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: fella
I watched that entire movie without realizing that it was Dustin Hoffman playing Captain Hook.
I had to watch it again to see.
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posted on
05/05/2016 9:54:38 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: BenLurkin
Dirk Pitt’s “Raise the Titanic” documentary was also interesting. /s
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posted on
05/05/2016 11:04:31 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Mr. K
Am I the only one who is behooved that an entire article surrounding Cap’n Cook does not even mention the scourge of scurvy?
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posted on
05/05/2016 12:02:59 PM PDT
by
HandyDandy
(Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
To: OldNewYork
Thanks - yes, definitely interested. Especially if it does turn out to be Endeavour and not some other ship.
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posted on
05/05/2016 4:29:54 PM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
This topic was posted , thanks again artichokegrower. Just an update.
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posted on
01/03/2024 6:34:16 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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