HMS Endeavour (1781)

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Endeavour
Acquired1781
CommissionedOctober 1781
Out of serviceBefore 1790
General characteristics
Class and type14-gun schooner
Tons burthen118 bm
Length
  • 60 ft (18.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 55 ft 6 in (16.9 m) (keel)
Beam9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFore-and-aft rig
Armament14 × 4-pounder guns

HMS Endeavour was a 14-gun fore-and-aft rigged schooner of the Royal Navy, purchased from private owners in 1782 to assist in the British military effort during the American Revolutionary War.[1]

Endeavour's dimensions were small and light in keeping with other vessels of her class, with a gundeck length of 60 ft (18.3 m), beam of 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) and 118 tons burthen. She was fitted after her purchase with 14 four-pounder guns.[2]

Her purchase cost is unrecorded.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield 2007, p.322
  2. ^ a b Winfield 2007, p.334