Cook's Ships

A table of the crew of Cook's Three Voyages 1768-1779

The lists contain only the officers and persons who played significant roles during the three voyages.
A complete list of can be found on the page about The Musters of Cook's Ships

 

The Crew of Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771

 

HMB Endeavour

Captain

James Cook

Lieutenants

Zachary Hicks
 

John Gore

Midshipmen

Charles Clerke
 

William Harvey
 

James Magra
 

Patrick Saunders
 

John Bootie
 

Jonathan Monkhouse

Master

Robert Molyneux

Boatswain

John Gathrey

Quartermasters

Alexander Weir
 

Samuel Evans

Carpenter

John Satterley

Sailmaker

John Ravenhill

Gunner

Stephen Forwood

Cook

John Thompson

Surgeon

William Monkhouse

i/c Marines

John Edgcumbe

Astronomer

Charles Green

Naturalists

Joseph Banks
 

Daniel Solander
 

Hermann Sporing

Artists

Sydney Parkinson
 

Alexander Buchan

 

The Crews of Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1775

 

HMS Resolution

HMS Adventure

Captain

James Cook

Tobias Furneaux

Lieutenants

Robert Cooper

Arthur Kempe
 

Richard Pickersgill

James Burney
 

Charles Clerke

  

Midshipmen

James Colnett

Thomas Woodhouse
 

William Harvey

Love Constable
 

Isaac Manley

Samuel Kemp
 

Thomas Willis

George Moorey
 

Joseph Price

Henry Lightfoot
 

Charles Loggie

John Lambrecht

Master

Joseph Gilbert

Peter Fannen

Boatswain

James Grey

Edward Johns

Quartermasters

Francis Scarnell

Robert Moody
 

Patrick Whelan

Francis Murphy
 

Anthony Atkin

Francis Treneer
 

Samuel Bordall

Robert Barber
 

John Ellwell

  
 

John Lockton

  

Carpenter

James Wallis

William Offord

Sailmaker

Richard Rollett

Andrew Hill

Gunner

Robert Anderson

Andrew Gloag

Cook

John Ramsay

Mortimer Mahoney

Surgeon

James Patton

Thomas Andrews

i/c Marines

John Edgcumbe

James Scott

Astronomer

William Wales

William Bayly

Naturalists

Johann Forster

  
 

Georg Forster

  
 

Anders Sparrman

  

Artist

William Hodges

  

 

The Crews of Cook's Third Voyage 1776-1780

 

HMS Resolution

HMS Discovery

Captains

James Cook

Charles Clerke
 

Charles Clerke

John Gore
 

John Gore

James King

Lieutenants

James King

James Burney
 

John Gore

John Rickman
 

John Williamson

  
 

William Harvey

  
 

James Burney

  

Midshipmen

William Charlton

Edward Riou
 

Richard Hergest

George Vancouver
 

William Midd

Alexander Mouat
 

James Trevenen

John Martin
 

William Shuttleworth

William Harvey
 

John Hatley

  
 

John Watts

  
 

James Ward

  

Master

William Bligh

Thomas Edgar

Boatswain

William Ewin

Aneas Aitken

Quartermasters

Patrick Whelan

William Hollamby
 

John Brown

William Stevens
 

Thomas Roberts

  

Carpenter

James Cleveley

Peter Reynolds

Sailmaker

William Widdall

William Hillsey

Gunner

Robert Anderson

William Peckover

Cook

Robert Morris

Robert Goulding

Surgeon

William Anderson

John Law
 

John Law

David Samwell

i/c Marines

Molesworth Phillips

James Kich

Astronomer

  

William Bayly

Artist

John Webber

  

 

John Robson

Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1913, volume 25, number 1 (2002).
Corrected in Cook's Log, page 1963, volume 25, number 3 (2002)
Explanation added in Cook's Log, page 1963, volume 25, number 4 (2002)

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Ian Boreham (Webmaster)
Caroline Juler, David Samwell does appear in the list. He sailed only on the Third Voyage, so you need to scroll down to the Comment section, and then slightly up to where the Surgeons are listed. The Will of David Samwell can be found on our website at https://www.captaincooksociety.com/cooks-life/people/the-wills-of-captain-cooks-crew-and-associates/the-will-of-david-samwell
Caroline Juler
Hello, The Welsh language tv channel S4C has a brilliant programme about the 'secrets' held by Wales's National Library. In the one I've just watched, there is an extract from an eyewitness account of Cook's death by the Welsh surgeon David Samwell. He seems to have been a great character, as well as writing very well. Is he not worth mentioning?
Cliff Thornton
Hello Carolyn, thank you for your enquiry. Yes, Simeon Woodruffe was one of the crew on Captain Cook's companion vessel "Discovery". The ship's records show that he was a gunner's mate. You may be interested to learn that he was not killed in the skirmish at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, where Cook was murdered. I have seen a reference that he was living in Litchfield, Connecticut in 1825,
Carolyn Smith-Pellettier
I believe that Simeon Woodruff was on the last voyage. The family of Eunice Martin and Benjamin Woodruff always stated that their son Simeon was with Capt. Cook when he was killed in the Sandwich Islands in 1779. However, as there was a John Martin in the crew, it may represent a family mixup with crossover.
Steven Mulvey
My ancestor David Williams of H.M.S.Resolution Bach,Portsmouth Hampshire England 09 January 1670. Married Mary Ballard.I believe on the ship. They were married at the church in Alverstoke Hampshire on the same day. I don't see his name on the list of the crew of the H.M.S. Resolution.Just wondering Steven Mulvey
Cliff Thornton
Steven, thank you for your enquiry. If the date you give for David Williams marriage is correct and not a typo, then there is an easy explanation for his absence from the muster of Captain Cook's Resolution. Cook's voyages on Resolution were in the 1770s, one hundred years after your ancestor's marriage. Resolution was a popular name for the ships of the Royal Navy, and there have been many ships bearing that name, even into the 20th century.
Tony Wallis
Are there any family background details available for James Wallis, carpenter on Cook’s 2nd voyage Resolution?
Ian Boreham (webmaster)
Tony, James Wallis was born about 1743, and died aged 90 on 5 May 1833.
Mauli
Aloha Ian, Do you know if any crew members on Cookʻs 3rd voyage remained in the Cook Islands?
Ian Boreham (Webmaster)
Mauli, None of Cook's crew remained on any Pacific Island during Cook's three voyages.
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