Discovery of HMS Endeavor wreck confirmed

After 250 years, Captain Cook's legendary ship 'Endeavor' finally identified near New England resort

Experts confirm the historic 18th-century vessel rests 40 feet underwater near Newport Maritime experts believe they've finally pinpointed the exact resting place of Captain James Cook's legendary ship - just off the coast of a beloved New England resort town. A report about HMS Endeavour was published by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) on June 3. In 1778, the British intentionally sank the ship off the coast of Newport, Rhode Isl…

Discovery of HMS Endeavor wreck confirmed

Back in 2022, we reported on the Australian National Maritime Museum's (ANMM) announcement that its researchers had confirmed that a shipwreck proposed as a likely candidate in 2018 is indeed the remains of the HMS Endeavour. However, the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP)—the museum's research partner in the project—promptly released a statement calling the announcement premature. RIMAP insisted that more evidence was needed. The f…

Shipwreck of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour finally discovered after 250 years

Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour Found After 250 Years in Rhode Island Harbor

The HMS Endeavour, the ship commanded by fabled British explorer Captain James Cook during his first voyage of discovery, has been discovered in Rhode Island.

Discovery of HMS Endeavour wreck confirmed

By 2016, RIMAP's volunteers, operating on grants and private donations, had located 10 of the 13 wrecks, almost exactly where historical charts said they should be. And the search had gotten a boost from the 1998 discovery of a 200-year-old paper trail linking the troop transport Lord Sandwich to its former life as HMS Endeavour. Narrowing the field One candidate was found just 500 meters off the coast of Rhode Island (designated RI 2394), 14 me…