The new owners of an exact replica of HMS Endeavour have grand plans to sail the same route as Captain Cook before transforming the vessel into a pub. The ship, currently moored in Whitby harbour ...
On two occasions HMS Endeavour was almost lost in collision with coral walls ... When Endeavour anchored there in October 1770, the ship's two-month stay was marred by disease. Many of the crew ...
They also provided us with a superb visual record of this period of exploration. The HMS Endeavour voyage (1768–1771) was the first devoted to scientific discovery. Cook and his crew, which included ...
I have worked on many shipwreck investigations and have been involved in the discovery of a couple of shipwreck sites of this period. Here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a ship.
HMS Endeavour is complete with a fully-equipped kitchen, three decks with a capacity for 250 people and a licence to sell alcohol - Eleanor Bentall ...
National Maritime Museum HMS Bounty, depicted in this painting, was taken over by mutineers in 1789 Mutineers took over the ship in April ... legendary story of human endeavour, betrayal, love ...
Mr Stemm said the wreck was identified as HMS Victory when he raised two extremely rare bronze canons, measuring 12ft and weighing 4 tonnes, which could only have belonged to the historic British ...