Researchers have confirmed that the 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook 's lost ship found its final resting place in Rhode Island's Newport Harbor, solving a decadeslong mystery, ...

After years of debate, researchers have confirmed the final resting place of Captain James Cook's HMS Endeavour as Rhode Island's Newport Harbor. The Endeavour, famous for Cook's 18th-century ...

James Cook's HMS Endeavour, long lost to history, has finally been identified in Rhode Island, ending a 250-year mystery. (CREDIT: David Knight / ANMM) ...

Experts have finally confirmed that a shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island is the wreckage of Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour. Also known as the HMB Endeavour and the Lord Sandwich, the ...

Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour saw the shores of Tahiti and Australia before its final Rhode Island resting place - but its nautical story started in North Yorkshire. "Without Whitby there would have ...

HMS Endeavour The HMS Endeavour was a British research vessel sailed by Captain James Cook. Cook left England in Endeavour in 1768 in search of Australia - the 'unknown Southern Land'.

At the end of its life, HMS Endeavour, then known as Lord Sandwich, was used as a prison hub in Newport after it fell into poor condition. When American and French forces besieged the British-held ...