Captain Cook’s Missing Ship MAY Have Been Found After Sinking 250 Years Ago

The remains of captain Cook’s ship, HMS Endeavour, has been located off the US coast after sinking 250 years ago.

Between 1768 and 1771, the ship became the first European vessel to reach eastern Australia. It was then sold and renamed the Lord Sandwich before sinking off the US coast during the American War of Independence in 1778.

For centuries the ship was lost, but now the wreck has been found in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island.

The finding was announced in a new report by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and experts have identified the wreck as RI 2394.

Daryl Karp, Museum director explained the findings in the report are the result of 25 years of archaeological research and underwater investigations.