Obinotus Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Replik der Endeavour, 1994 HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand, from 1769 to 1771. She was launched in 1764 as the collier Earl of Pembroke, and the Navy purchased her in 1768 for a scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean and to explore the seas for the surmised Terra Australis Incognita or "unknown southern land". The Navy renamed and commissioned her as His Majesty's Bark the Endeavour. She departed Plymouth in August 1768, rounded Cape Horn, and reached Tahiti in time to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun. She then set sail into the largely uncharted ocean to the south, stopping at the Pacific islands of Huahine, Borabora, and Raiatea to allow Cook to claim them for Great Britain. In September 1769, she anchored off New Zealand, the first European vessel to reach the islands since Abel Tasman's Heemskerck 127 years earlier. In April 1770, Endeavour became the first ship to reach the east coast of Australia, when Cook went ashore at what is now known as Botany Bay. Endeavour then sailed north along the Australian coast. She narrowly avoided disaster after running aground on the Great Barrier Reef, and Cook had to throw her guns overboard to lighten her. He then beached her on the mainland for seven weeks to permit rudimentary repairs to her hull. On 10 October 1770, she limped into port in Batavia (now named Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies for more substantial repairs, her crew sworn to secrecy about the lands they had visited. She resumed her westward journey on 26 December, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 13 March 1771, and reached the English port of Dover on 12 July, having been at sea for nearly three years. Largely forgotten after her epic voyage, Endeavour spent the next three years shipping Navy stores to the Falkland Islands. Renamed and sold into private hands in 1775, she briefly returned to naval service as a troop transport during the American War of Independence and was scuttled in a blockade of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, in 1778. Her wreck has not been precisely located, but relics, including six of her cannon and an anchor, are displayed at maritime museums worldwide. A replica of Endeavour was launched in 1994 and is berthed alongside the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney Harbour. The space shuttle Endeavour is named for the original ship. Endeavour also features on the New Zealand 50-cent coin. Class and type: Bark Tons burthen: 368 71⁄94 (bm) Length: 106 ft (32 m) Beam: 29 ft 3 in (8.92 m) Sail plan: Full rigged ship 3,321 square yards (2,777 m2) of sail Speed: 7 to 8 knots (13 to 15 km/h) maximum Boats and landing craft carried: yawl, pinnace, longboat, two skiffs Complement: 94, comprising: 71 ship's company 12 marines 11 civilians Armament: 10 4-pdrs, 12 swivel guns Plans Endeavour (1768) Other Pictures sources: Royal Museum Greenwich http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour http://www.long-tom.de/endeavour/index.html https://jamescookship.wordpress.com/ http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6769-hmb-endeavour-1768-3d-model/ http://www.modelships.de/Endeavour_II/Endeavour_II_eng.htm Edited March 21, 2015 by Obinotus 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvenski Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hmm. She might do as a merchantman in game, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinotus Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Hmm. She might do as a merchantman in game, I suppose. I think so too or she do as exploring vessel Edited March 21, 2015 by Obinotus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazednConfused Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 im utterly surprised this ship hasn't been asked for before. want 100x want! but at the moment everyone's focus is warships or converted warships. i think we should have a new poll on what PURELY MERCHANT / EXPLORER ships to have in game. or if the admins have an ideal list can we know it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mass Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 If it doesnt become a ship in the game i dont what merchantman i want and if this dont appear i really hope Bounty does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBoiteux Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Thanks. I like her ! Great ship for exploration purposes. i think we should have a new poll on what PURELY MERCHANT / EXPLORER ships to have in game. or if the admins have an ideal list can we know it? +1. Edited March 30, 2015 by LeBoiteux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueMyChin Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 This should have been one of the first ships added IMO. One of the most important ships in naval history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansfield Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I think it wouldn't make much sense to add a ship like this to the combat focused testing (Sea Trials), Endeavour being everything but a combat ship. But yes, a very important ship, would probably shine in the open world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelfury Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I definitely want to see this in game, it'd make a great early game merchant-ship/explorer, not sure of the practicalities, but she could even be a decent privateer vessel if re-armed with something more potent, given her shallow draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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