A mysterious shipwreck at the bottom of Newport Harbor is believed to be the famous HMS Endeavour, which Capt. James Cook sailed on when he discovered Australia. Marine archaeologists are ramping up their efforts to confirm that the wreck is indeed Cook’s historic ship.

(SNIP)

RIMAP recently released images and 3D scanning data of the wreck in a report on its dives to the site this year. “The excavation exposed artifacts and ship's structure to confirm that this site is an 18th-century shipwreck,” the organization said in a statement. “The excavation exposed artifacts and samples, including sheaves, and other wood fragments, bits of leather, textiles, glass, and ceramics, samples of coal and charcoal, ballast and worked stone including gun flints.”

However, more work is needed to conclusively confirm that the wreck is the historic ship.


(Excerpted)

Read More at the Link Below:


https://www.foxnews.com/science/shipwre ... -endeavour

Interesting ! Thank you for sharing

it may end up with a museum like mel fisher created for his find of 17th century ships he discovered
i visited and was amazed at the crazy wealth in his finds he even had a display where you could pick up a gold bar from the atocha if i remember correctly regardless of which ship it was from it made for an awesome day that ended with a great visit to mallory square

Given we have a near to exact replica you'd think that would help with ID?
https://www.sea.museum/whats-on/vessels/hmb-endeavour