HMS Endeavour

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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.


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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

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HMS Endeavour hasReplica HMS Endeavour
this entity surface form: "HM Bark Endeavour replica (Australia)"
James Cook shipCommanded HMS Endeavour
First voyage of James Cook shipUsed HMS Endeavour

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