A two-decade-long mission to confirm the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s famed vessel, His Majesty’s (HM) Bark Endeavour, has concluded with the news that the ship is resting in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island.
Three years ago, U.S. marine archaeologists announced that the shipwreck site RI 2394 was Endeavour, later renamed Lord Sandwich, but the final report confirming the position has only just been released.
“The report deepens and confirms our identification of RI 2394 as Endeavour based on 25 years of dedicated study,” Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project Manager of Maritime Archaeology James Hunter said.
“We’ve collated extensive data comparing British and American 18th-century vessels, including timber analysis and scantling (structural hull element) measurements; this further reinforces our historical knowledge and provides additional archaeological support for our findings.”…