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H.M.S. (sometimes H.M.Barque) '''Endeavour''' was [[James Cook]]’s vessel on his first voyage of discovery between 1768 and 1771.
H.M.S. (sometimes H.M.Barque) '''Endeavour''' was [[James Cook]]’s vessel on his first voyage of discovery between 1768 and 1771.
She was originally built as a “[[Whitby]] cat” – a stout and strong, bluff-bowed, flat bottomed, shallow draft vessel, designed to carry coal into the [[Baltic Sea]] from the north-east of England and return with timber for the mines and ship-building industries. She was built some time before 1768, originally named ''Earl of Pembroke'', and renamed
She was originally built as a “[[Whitby]] cat” – a stout and strong, bluff-bowed, flat bottomed, shallow draft vessel, designed to carry coal into the [[Baltic Sea]] from the north-east of England and return with timber for the mines and shipbuilding industries. She was built some time before 1768, originally named ''Earl of Pembroke'', and renamed
''Endeavour'' when purchased by the Admiralty. She was of a design well known and respected by Cook from his time in the coal trade.
''Endeavour'' when purchased by the Admiralty. She was of a design well known and respected by Cook from his time in the coal trade.