HMS Endeavour
E42369
HMS Endeavour was the British Royal Navy research vessel that carried Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific, including the exploration and charting of New Zealand and Australia’s east coast.
Aliases (1)
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy research vessel
→
barque → ship of exploration → |
| acquiredBy | Royal Navy → |
| armament | carronades and small cannon → |
| beam | approximately 8.9 m → |
| builder | Thomas Fishburn → |
| builtAt | Whitby → |
| captain | James Cook → |
| carried |
Daniel Solander
→
Joseph Banks → artists → naturalists → scientists → |
| charted |
coast of New Zealand
→
east coast of Australia → |
| commandedBy | James Cook → |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| crewComplement | about 90 → |
| damagedAt | Great Barrier Reef → |
| departedFrom | Plymouth → |
| explored |
New Zealand
→
Pacific Ocean → east coast of Australia → |
| fate | scuttled → |
| hasReplica |
HMS Endeavour
→
surface form: "HM Bark Endeavour replica (Australia)"
|
| laidDown | 1764 → |
| launched | 1764 → |
| legacy |
subject of replica reconstructions
→
symbol of Pacific exploration → |
| length | approximately 32 m overall → |
| mission | James Cook's first voyage → |
| namedAfter | Endeavour (virtue) → |
| operator | Royal Navy → |
| previousName | Earl of Pembroke → |
| propulsion | sail → |
| purchasedFrom | private owner → |
| purpose |
observe 1769 transit of Venus
→
search for Terra Australis → |
| registeredPort | Whitby → |
| returnedTo | Dover → |
| rigging | full-rigged ship → |
| scuttledAt |
Newport, Rhode Island
→
surface form: "Newport Harbor, Rhode Island"
|
| scuttledDuring | American Revolutionary War → |
| shipType | collier → |
| tonnage | approximately 368 tons burthen → |
| usedFor |
Pacific exploration
→
exploration → scientific research → |
| visited |
Australia
→
Botany Bay → Great Barrier Reef → New Zealand → Tahiti → |
| voyageEnd | 1771 → |
| voyageStart | 1768 → |
| yearScuttled | 1778 → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "HM Bark Endeavour replica (Australia)"