Final Resting Place of Captain Cook’s ‘Endeavour’ Confirmed After Decades of Searching

The vessel that mapped much of Australia was later renamed Lord Sandwich before being scuttled in the U.S.

HMB Endeavour, the replica of Captain James Cook's ship, is farewelled from Sydney Harbour on April 16, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. Richard Palfreyman/Getty Images

A two-decade-long mission to confirm the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s famed vessel, His Majesty’s (HM) Bark Endeavour, has concluded with the news that the ship is resting in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island.

Three years ago, U.S. marine archaeologists announced that the shipwreck site RI 2394 was Endeavour, later renamed Lord Sandwich, but the final report confirming the position has only just been released.