The Endeavour Replica

A replica of Cook's most famous ship, the Endeavour was made in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. She has visited several countries since then.

There are many web sites on the Internet, which can be found via our Links page.

The story has also been followed in the pages of our journal Cook's Log.
1989 The announcement
Construction progress report
1990 Building progress report
1991 Salvaging the project
1992 Endeavour to visit Whitby
Project at an exciting stage
1993 Last deck plank laid
Mementoes for sale
A review of the first five years
Building specifications
1994 Launching
Postcards available
First ocean trial
1995 Leaving Fremantle
Fremantle to Sydney
Botany Bay re-enactment
Port Macquarie and Brisbane
1996 On the east coast of Australia
Visit to New Zealand  (illustrated with photographs)
New Zealand Tour
Across the Tasman Sea
Plans for the trip from Australia to the British Isles
Revised schedule of visits to Britain
1997 Departure from Fremantle for Britain
Australia to Britain
Plans for tour of the British Isles
Arrival in Britain
Sailing aboard from Greenwich to Great Yarmouth
Visiting Boston, UK
My experience as a guide
Sailing aboard from Whitby to Edinburgh
1998 Visiting Plymouth
Visiting Brighton
Whitby refit  (illustrated with photographs)
Hull refit
Visiting Inverness
Visiting Brunswick
Visiting Wilmington
1999 Visiting Boston, USA  (illustrated with photographs)
Sailing aboard from Newport, Rhode Island to Boston
Sailing aboard from Bath, Maine to Halifax, Nova Scotia  (illustrated with photographs)
Visiting San Diego, California  (illustrated with photographs)
Visiting Victoria, Vancouver
2000 Visiting Victoria, British Columbia  (illustrated with photographs)
Visiting Hawaii  (illustrated with photographs)
Visiting Nelson, New Zealand  (illustrated with photographs)
Visiting Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia  (illustrated with photographs)
2001 From Mornington to Portland, Australia  (illustrated with photographs)
2002 Visiting the Falkland Islands  (illustrated with photographs)
Arrival in Britain  (illustrated with photographs)
2003 Visiting Cork, Ireland  (illustrated with photographs)
Visiting Harwich, UK  (illustrated with photographs)
From Lowestoft in the UK to Scheveningen in The Netherlands
2003 UK Trip Remembered  (illustrated with photographs)
2003 UK Trip Remembered - More photos  (illustrated with photographs)
2004 Sailing across the North Sea  (illustrated with photographs)
Leaving Europe for Australia  (illustrated with photographs)
2005 Return to Australia
2006 In Sydney Harbour  (illustrated with photographs)
First Wedding  (illustrated with photographs)
2010 Bound for Botany Bay  (illustrated with photographs)

Updated: July 2010


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