Sea History 074 - Summer 1995

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SHIP'S COMPLEMENT Endeavour sailed from Plymouth with 71 crew, 12 marines, 11 scientists and assistants , making a total of 94 personnel. Among the scientific party were the astronomer, Charles Green, and a rich naturalist, Joseph Banks. Banks brought with him : a Swedish botanist, Dr. Daniel Solander ; a Swedish naturalist, Herman Sporing; two artists, Sydney Parkinson and Alexander Buchan, and assistants. SHIP PARTICULARS Length, overal l Length of Keel Length of Lower Deck Length of Upper Deck Length of Forecastle Length of Great Cabin Breadth , extreme Depth of Hold Draught fu lly laden Tonnage

106 feet 81 feet 97 feet 7 97 feet 8 18 feet 8 14 feet 4 29 feet 2 11 feet 4 14 feet 366tons

inches inches inches inches inches inches

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TO ILLUSTRATION Stern Navigation Light Ensign Staff Stern Windows Swivel Gun (12) Quarter Deck Tiller Swivel Gun Mounting Mizzen Mast Shrouds Spanker Gaff Mizzen Cross-Jack Yard Mizzen Topsai l Yard Ship's Wheel Ventilation Hatch Capstan Hatch Sitts Bilge Pumps (4) Gallows Mainmast Main Lower Yard

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Main Topsail Yard Main Topgallant Yard Main Hatch Ti mberheads Upper Deck Fore Hatch Galley Stove Funnel Windlass Belfry Riding Sitts Foremast Fore Lower Yard Fore Topsail Yard Fore Topgallant Yard Forecastle Bower Anchor Cathead Hemp Cable Bowsprit Spritsai l Yard Jibboom Sprit Topsail Yard Tween Deck Great Cabin Master's Cabin

Endeavour

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2nd Lieutenant's Cabin Cabin for Captain 's Clerk Astronomer's Cabin (Charles Green) Naturalist's Cabin (Joseph Banks) Lobby Pantry Lower Deck Shipside Ladder Skids Grating Gun Port Glazed Port Removable Ladder Galley Stove Carpenter's Cabin Carpenter's Store/Workshop Sail Room (Forward) Gunner's Stores 4-pounder Carriage Gun (10) Rudder Captain's Store Room Fish Room Lower Hold Bilge Well Pump Shafts (4) Hull Sheathing Stores Placed Over Ballast Gunpowder Magazine Captain's Cabin (James Cook) Draughtsmen 's Cabins

after her 1768 fitting out David Lawrence, a professional il/11s1ra1or in Bris10I, England, has produced a number of cul-away illus1ra1ions of his/Orie vessels, in cluding SS Great Britain' s Original Engine ( J844 )for1h e SS Creal Briwin ProjeCI ; !he Tug Mayflower ( 1861) f or !he BrislOI Indus/rial Museum; and L1fe/Joa1 Susan Ash ley ( 1948)for th e Na1ional Lifeboat Museum .

COPYRIGHT DAV ID LAW RENCE

TWEEN DECK


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