List of ships of James Cook

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Captain James Cook , FRS, RN (7 November 1728 ? 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy . Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean , during which he achieved the first recorded European discovery of eastern Australia , Hawaii and undertook the first circumnavigation of New Zealand .

HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery

During his long career he served on a number of British ships.

Life [ edit ]

Cook served his early career in the merchant fleet mostly on colliers. The ships he sailed on were:

  • Freelove a collier where Cook served as an apprentice from 26 February 1746 to 22 April 1748.
  • Three Brothers he served as apprentice from 14 June 1748 to 8 December 1749.
  • Mary of Whitby where he was a seaman from 8 February 1750 to 5 December 1750.
  • Three sisters with the rank of seaman from 19 February 1751 to 30 July 1751.
  • Friendship serving as a seaman from 31 July 1751 to 14 June 1755. [1] [2]
    Endeavour beached at Endeavour River By Johann Fritzsch, 1786.

Royal Navy career [ edit ]

In 1755 he joined the Royal Navy , and served on:

Command career [ edit ]

All four ships were ex-colliers purchased by the Royal Navy as research vessels.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Clifford E. Thornton, "Captain Cook in Cleveland", Middlesbrough Council, 1978.
  2. ^ C. Preston, "Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S.", Whitby Literary Society, 1973.
  3. ^ Robson, John (2009). Captain Cook's War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years pp. 19?25. ISBN   9781742231099 .
  4. ^ a b Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN   0-85177-252-8 .
  5. ^ Karl Heinz Marquardt (2003). The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction, 1695-1845. US Naval Institute Press.
  6. ^ Colledge, J. J.  ; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London : Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8 . OCLC 67375475.

Further reading [ edit ]

  • Baines, Stephen (2012). Captain Cook's Merchant Ships: Freelove, Three Brothers, Mary, Friendship, Endeavour, Adventure, Resolution and Discovery . Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press . ISBN   9780750962148 .
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