HMS Endeavour (1763 cutter)

For Captain Cook's ship, see HM Bark Endeavour.

For other ships of the same name, see List of ships named HMS Endeavour.

History

UK
Name:	HMS Endeavour
Acquired:	14 February 1763
Commissioned:	April 1763
Out of service:	24 December 1771
Fate:	Sold out of service
General characteristics
Class & type:	4-gun cutter
Tons burthen:	53 10/94 bm
Length:	42 ft 3 in (12.9 m) (gundeck) 29 ft (8.8 m) (keel)
Beam:	18 ft 10.5 in (5.8 m)
Depth of hold:	7 ft 4 in (2.2 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Fore-and-aft rig
Armament:	4 × 3 pdrs 8 × 1/2 pdr swivel guns

HMS Endeavour was a 4-gun cutter of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1763 and used for coastal patrol duties off Beachy Head in southern England. Endeavour was sold out of service in 1771.<ref name=Winfield">Winfield 2007, p.324</ref>

References

Bibliography

Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 9781844157006.

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