Captain Cook’s Endeavour “found”

Marine archaeologists believe they have finally identified the resting place of the ship in which British explorer Captain James Cook sailed to Australia in 1768 on his first voyage of discovery

RHODE ISLAND
Providence
ATLANTIC OCEAN

Narragansett Bay
Goat Island
Newport
1km 0.6 miles

Shipwreck, located off Goat Island, is expected to be excavated next year in time for 250th anniversary of Cook’s voyage to Australia

HMS Endeavour
Class: Bark 
Length: 29.7m 
Beam: 8.89m

ENDEAVOUR’S JOURNEY

1768: Cook sets sail on refitted coal ship Endeavour on scientific voyage to map Pacific Ocean

1770: Lands at Botany Bay in what is now Australia, claiming territory for British crown

1771: Ship returns to England – renamed Lord Sandwich in 1776 and becomes troop carrier

1778: Scuttled by Britain’s Royal Navy in blockade of Narragansett Bay during American War of Independence



Source: Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) Picture: AP © GRAPHIC NEWS