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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
5/2/2016 10:06 am

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5/3/2016 7:57 pm

Captain Cook's Endeavour Found



The wreck of HMS Endeavour, the ship that carried Captain James Cook during several trips to the South Seas, including Tahiti and Australia, has been located: Captain Cook's famous ship has seemingly been discovered in the United States 230 years since it was sold, sunk and forgotten. The Endeavour is one of the most famous ships in naval history and was used by Captain James Cook to discover the East Coast of Australia in 1770.



The last sighting of the Endeavour was around 1778 when it is believed the ship was sold, renamed the Lord Sandwich, and then used to transport British troops during the American Revolution. Archaeologists believe they have found the scuttled remains of the Endeavour. Researchers with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project said they believe the four ships, and two others previously discovered, are part of a 13-vessel transport fleet intentionally sunk by the British in Newport Harbor in 1778 to keep French ships from landing to aid the Americans' drive for independence.

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British sailor Captain James Cook, acknowledged by historians as one of the greatest navigators of all time, is credited with surveying Australia's east coast on the Endeavour expedition. Cook discovered New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia and claimed both for Britain. He was also the first person to circumnavigate the world in both directions in his ship, HMS Endeavour.

happy1959 64M
657 posts
5/2/2016 11:38 am

Bret: You do not miss a thing. Great discovery


OnDaFence 36M/44M

5/2/2016 1:28 pm

    Quoting happy1959:
    Bret: You do not miss a thing. Great discovery
I try.... life is a learning sharing experience.... more than just sex.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

5/2/2016 3:08 pm

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That guy got around! I am sorry I could not access their sonar readings or pictures to post in here.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
5766 posts
5/2/2016 3:44 pm

Capt Cook was a very ambitious and famous explorer, and his ship, the Endeavor, must have been built extremely well to have survived all those lengthy and perilous voyages. It is too bad that they can't build automobiles that well with today's technology. Perhaps it is the technology that makes today's cars so prone to "early death syndrome".


OnDaFence 36M/44M

5/2/2016 5:26 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Capt Cook was a very ambitious and famous explorer, and his ship, the Endeavor, must have been built extremely well to have survived all those lengthy and perilous voyages. It is too bad that they can't build automobiles that well with today's technology. Perhaps it is the technology that makes today's cars so prone to "early death syndrome".
After our tranny wet out on the Jeep at 39,000 miles with a lousy 36K warranty, then the Escalade crappy second rate sound system we swore no more "American made" vehicles. When the Navigator shells out that will be the end of anything out of Detroit.... They did it to themselves... second rate products OVER PRICED because some union people think they need an $83 an hour package. We've had excellent results with Jaguar and Beemer.... Fuck Detroit we don't owe them shit!


bobbi2664 59T
707 posts
5/2/2016 6:18 pm

cool they had found blackbeards ship Queen Anns Revenge a few years ago.And hugr4yungr they can build cars that well but they wont do anything that stupid. its just like medicine they just treat whats wrong with you. so you have to keep coming back. its the same with cars so you have to buy a new oneor keep repairing the old one.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

5/2/2016 10:25 pm

    Quoting bobbi2664:
    cool they had found blackbeards ship Queen Anns Revenge a few years ago.And hugr4yungr they can build cars that well but they wont do anything that stupid. its just like medicine they just treat whats wrong with you. so you have to keep coming back. its the same with cars so you have to buy a new oneor keep repairing the old one.
You won't buy another American made car after you own a Beemer.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

5/2/2016 10:26 pm

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I tried my very best to locate some photographs of the wreck site but none to be had


bychance4709 61M

5/3/2016 1:22 am

with no mention of the Sandwich Islands I was surprised and thought you had omitted it. But alas that was on the ship HMS Resolution not the HMS Endeavor. As usual you are right and I wrong.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

5/3/2016 7:57 pm

    Quoting bychance4709:
    with no mention of the Sandwich Islands I was surprised and thought you had omitted it. But alas that was on the ship HMS Resolution not the HMS Endeavor. As usual you are right and I wrong.
Part of the error might have been when the Endeavor was renamed the Lord Sandwich