Is it really the Endeavour?

 

It's possible, and apparently likely, that the last remnants of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour (which has also gone by many other names) has been located -- just about where they thought it was.

Captain James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour is FOUND at the bottom of the ocean more than 250 years after it reached Australia - here's why experts are SURE they've solved the enduring mystery

Now, apparently this wasn't supposed to be public knowledge until it was officially confirmed, so there are those who are urging caution before the full archaeological case it made. But hey, they knew it was probably there, right?  Because the Brits sank it there, off Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, during the Revolutionary War. 

"Dr, Kathy Abbass from the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project claimed the report is 'premature' and that the [Australian] Maritime Museum is 'in breach of the contract' after the results were shared with the public.

'What we see on the shipwreck site under study is consistent with what might be expected of the Endeavour, but there has been no indisputable data found to prove the site is that iconic vessel, and there are many unanswered questions that could overturn such an identification,' she told the ABC.

A 'legitimate report' will be shared by the RIMAP on its website once the studies are complete."

This is what the Endeavour looked like before it was sunk.  (This is a modern replica, of course.)