Captain James Cook's HMS Endeavour was believed to have been deliberately sunk during the American Revolution off the coast of Rhode Island.
HMS Endeavour was believed to have been deliberately sunk by the British during the American Revolution. Cook had earlier sailed the ship around the South Pacific in a pioneering voyage before landing on the east coast of Australia in 1770.
"I am satisfied that this is the final resting place of one of the most important and contentious vessels in Australia's maritime history," "Based on archival and archaeological evidence, I'm convinced it's the Endeavour," he said. , D.K. Abbass, the executive director of the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project, said her group was the lead organization in the study at Newport Harbor.
In a subsequent interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Kieran Hosty, the Australian museum's manager of maritime archeology, said he thought his group's contract with RIMAP had ended in November but he couldn't comment for certain. He gave further details that he said had convinced them it was the Endeavour, including the size of the timbers, that it was European-built, and the scuttling holes in the keel.
Only about 15% of the vessel remains and researchers are now focused on what can be done to protect and preserve it, Sumption said at the news conference. He said the museum was working closely with maritime experts in Rhode Island as well as with state and federal officials in the U.S. and Australia to secure the site.
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