HMS Endeavour

Adaptation - Research

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Vessel Information
Class & type: Bark A Sailing Vessel that has 3 or more masts Tons: 368 71/94 (BM) = Builders old Measurment Length: 106 ft (32 m) Beam: 29 ft 3 in (8.92 m) Sail plan: 3,321 square yards (2,777 m2) of sail Speed: 7 to 8 knots (13 to 15 km/h) maximum Boats & landing craft carried: yawl (two mast sailing rig), pinnace (small boat powered by sail or oars), longboat, two skiffs (small one or two manned boat) Complement: 94, consisting of: 71 ship's company 12 Royal Marines 11 civilians Armament: 10 4-pdrs (a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 4 pounds), 12 swivel guns (a mounted miniature cannon)

History
Name: Endeavour Operator: Royal Navy Builder: Thomas Fishburn, Whitby Launched: June 1764 Acquired: 28 March 1768 as Earl of Pembroke Commissioned: 26 May 1768 Decommissioned: September 1774 Out of service: March 1775, sold Renamed: Lord Sandwich, February 1776 Homeport: Plymouth, United Kingdom
The HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771. Under the command of Lieutenant James Cook, the vessel and its crew mapped out lands, that were claimed by Great Britain such as Cape Horn, Tahiti then stopping at the Pacific islands of Huahine, Borabora, and Raiatea. September 1769, she anchored off New Zealand, the first European vessel to map the New Zealand coast and come ashore. In April 1770, Endeavour became the first seagoing vessel to reach the east coast of Australia, when Cook went ashore at what is now known as Botany Bay.

Captain James Cook

(7 November 1728 14 February 1779)