Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour has been located in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island Photo: SUPPLIED
Captain Cook's ship HMS Endeavour has been located off the US East coast - following 25 years of archaeological research and underwater investigations.
The identity of the wreck beneath the waves in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, was confirmed by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) in a report released this week. Between 1768 and 1771, Captain James Cook commanded the Endeavour on his first Pacific voyage to New Zealand, Tahiti, and Australia.
The Endeavour was then sold and renamed as the Lord Sandwich, before being scuttled during the American War of Independence in 1778. Co-author of the ANMM report is Dr James Hunter, who is also the acting manager of maritime archaeology at the Australian National Maritime Museum. He speaks to Susie.
The wreck of Captain Cook's Endeavour may have been discovered in Newport Harbour, off Rhode Island. Photo: Australian National Maritime Museum
