Pacific Ocean

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Final resting place of Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour confirmed 250 years after sinking

More than 250 years after she was sunk, the final resting place of the vessel commanded by Captain James Cook on his first voyage of discovery has been confirmed. HMS Endeavour, which Cook used to map the Pacific Ocean and…

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World’s ‘deepest-known shipwreck’ surveyed in the Pacific Ocean

Heavily outnumbered and outgunned, she nonetheless fought valiantly against her larger opponents, allowing time for the escort carriers she was protecting to escape. Of the ship’s 327-man crew, only 141 survived the battle.

The Past

World’s ‘deepest-known shipwreck’ surveyed in the Pacific Ocean

The 115m long Fletcher-class destroyer sank in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944.