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Endeavour 250: natural history through colonial encounter
In August 1768, under the command of then-Lieutenant James Cook, HMS Endeavour and her crew set sail for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus - before opening sealed orders for a secret assignment.
Next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines ‘a commitment to defence’
The Prime Minister attended a keel-laying ceremony in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, for the first of the Dreadnought class of ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
The HMS Endeavour voyage (1768–1771) was the first devoted to scientific discovery. Cook and his crew, which included naturalist Joseph Banks, accumulated a mass of natural history and ethnographic ...
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HMS Endurance to be replaced; crew could face disciplinary action
British sailors could face court-martial action over HMS Endurance's near-sinking in ... finishing an inquiry into the accident off Chile. Crew members could now face external court martial ...