More than 200 years ago, the storied ship of captain James Cook — the one the legendary explorer used to "discover" Australia's East Coast — was scuttled by the British Navy. Now marine archaeologists believe they've found it off Rhode Island in Newport Harbor.
The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project is planning to announce Wednesday that it probably has located the HMS Endeavour — later known as the Lord Sandwich — one of 13 sunken ships lost when Newport was under siege in 1778, days before the Battle of Rhode Island during the American Revolution.
Marine archaeologists say they are "closing in one of the most important shipwrecks in world history" — pinpointing its whereabouts to a cluster of five ships.
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