Captain Cook's Endeavour finally found

[mapuc]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3568740/Captain-Cook-s-HMS-Endeavour-United-States.html

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


This was very interesting, have read stories as kid about this ship and its crew and not to forget movies and documentaries about this legendary ship

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

That's fascinating; the replica visited our port town of Boston some years back, so we got to see the 'real thing', almost :)

[Rockstar]

Love the comments: Great Man - Farmers Boy. He rose through the ranks.. At that time in our History Britain was Great and on the UP. Did not need EUROPE Then..... Don't Need them Now ! 23rd of June = a choice....... It's OUT from me ! :woot:

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Now I need to look around for the details of this discovery.

[Jimbuna]

Tell those Americans we want her back or we'll occupy their lands again :)

[Aktungbby]

I don't imagine there's a lot left; after Cook's long voyage, she was already in rough shape and thoroughly 'expendable' as the Lord Sandwich. That made her suitable as a sunk block-ship in the harbor's mouth...a position I was recently familiar with myself!:arrgh!: :oops:

[AVGWarhawk]

Tell those Americans we want her back or we'll occupy their lands again :)

Tea for you!

[August]

Tell those Americans we want her back or we'll occupy their lands again :)

If you wanted her back you shouldn't have sunk it to try and block our harbor. All your ships are belong to us now! :stare: :)

[August]

By the way if the depicted location is accurate (probably not I think to keep thieves from plundering the wreck) then the Admiralty missed the choke point to the bay by 10-20 miles. A far more likely location is under the p or o in the word Newport on that map.

That's right where we ran the anti-ship chain in 1942 to keep Catfish's ancestors from invading (mine too :)).

[Catfish]

Heh, i saw that :)

[mapuc]

When I read the article Wasa came into my mind.

When they found her she was not in a god shape-today she as on surface and are a museum

Maybe we will see the same with Endeavour in a couple of years from now Raised from the seafloor, some conservation or maybe a lot of it to prevent it from start to rotten(or what the correct word is) and then open a museum around the ship.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

The Wasa... a thing of beauty

http://i.imgur.com/eadBw3V.jpg

[Jimbuna]

There was a report on a UK news channel last night and the broadcaster directed the camera a couple of hundred yards from the shore where they reckon she is actually lying.

[August]

There was a report on a UK news channel last night and the broadcaster directed the camera a couple of hundred yards from the shore where they reckon she is actually lying.

Were there lots of yachts anchored in the foreground? If so it's probably located across the neck of Newport Harbor which runs from the southern tip of Goat Island to Fort Adams. The water is shallow there, enough to be able to use sunken ships as a blockade. Across the east channel of Narragansett bay, as well as out in the sound where that circle is drawn the water is over 150 feet deep. It'd take a lot of ship hulls to fill that void.

[Jimbuna]

Were there lots of yachts anchored in the foreground? If so it's probably located across the neck of Newport Harbor which runs from the southern tip of Goat Island to Fort Adams. The water is shallow there, enough to be able to use sunken ships as a blockade. Across the east channel of Narragansett bay, as well as out in the sound where that circle is drawn the water is over 150 feet deep. It'd take a lot of ship hulls to fill that void.

Can't recall seeing any yachts but there was a long arched bridge or jetty further on in the background.

[vienna]

Tell those Americans we want her back or we'll occupy their lands again :)

Ah, pipe down or we'll charge you lot for illegal dumping and environmental hazard violations... :haha:


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[August]

Can't recall seeing any yachts but there was a long arched bridge or jetty further on in the background.

Probably the Newport bridge

http://www.newport-discovery-guide.com/images/newport-bridge-3.jpg

BTW I dug up this image, made in 1778 by the British themselves. The light house in the upper picture is at the north tip of Rose island.

http://www.rimap.org/SiteAssets/SitePages/Capt.%20Cook/Fage%20Chart%20of%20Newport%20Harbor%20With%20Arro ws%20to%20Transports%20Bordered%20Capture.PNG

[Aktungbby]

Great map of the blockade! The lighthouse U show is on nearby Goat Island's north end??!! :D http://www.newportharborwalk.com/HarborWalkPoster.jpg (http://www.newportharborwalk.com/HarborWalkPoster.pdf) http://www.lighthousefriends.com/newport1_2008.jpgThe one on Rose Island has overnight rental stays to "keepers' wanting to enjoy the solitude of a bygone era>(Rose Island)http://www.lighthousefriends.com/roseisland3_2008.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Hope-island.jpg MAP enlarges 4 clarity>http://www.newportharborguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/map_full.jpg (http://www.newportharborguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/map_largeVertical.pdf) http://ri.usharbors.com/explore/harbor-guide/newport (http://ri.usharbors.com/explore/harbor-guide/newport)

[Dowly]

When I read the article Wasa came into my mind.
Not the best example of Swedish shipbuilding was it? :O:

[Jimbuna]

Probably the Newport bridge

http://www.newport-discovery-guide.com/images/newport-bridge-3.jpg

BTW I dug up this image, made in 1778 by the British themselves. The light house in the upper picture is at the north tip of Rose island.

http://www.rimap.org/SiteAssets/SitePages/Capt.%20Cook/Fage%20Chart%20of%20Newport%20Harbor%20With%20Arro ws%20to%20Transports%20Bordered%20Capture.PNG

Is there another bridge nearby because the one I recall didn't appear to be so tall?

[Aktungbby]

Are you referring to the Goat Island Causeway which connects the former Naval facility to the mainland and Newport proper. http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/images/hotels/rinew/HistoryofGoatIsland.pdf (http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/images/hotels/rinew/HistoryofGoatIsland.pdf)

[Jimbuna]

^ If you're asking me the above.....I've no idea but I wish I'd recorded the news transmission now.

[U505995]

When I read the article Wasa came into my mind.

When they found her she was not in a god shape-today she as on surface and are a museum

Maybe we will see the same with Endeavour in a couple of years from now Raised from the seafloor, some conservation or maybe a lot of it to prevent it from start to rotten(or what the correct word is) and then open a museum around the ship.

Markus

Likely not much left of her to bring off the bottom I'm afraid, being that she sunk in salt water. There's probably some metal parts and other smaller remains but not much else. I doubt they'll find any cannon either as I'm sure the British removed any useful items off before sending her to the locker.