Marine Archaeologists confirm they've found the Endeavour

A team of archaeologists in Rhode Island who believe they have found the wreck of the Endeavour in a local harbour have revealed the details of what they have found.

Divers finding artefacts on the sea floor in Newport Harbour

Divers finding artefacts on the sea floor in Newport Harbour

Mapping of the four sites where the remains of 18th century ships are

R2393 - the Southernmost of the four sites

R2394, the next site north

R2578

R2396 - the smallest and most disturbed of the sites

The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, or RIMAP made the discovery, saying the ship was scuttled in the harbour by British forces in the lead up to the Battle of Rhode Island in 1778. 

The project's founder and executive director, Dr Kathy Abass of RIMAP talks to Jesse Mulligan.