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HMS Endeavour (1694 bomb vessel)
HMS ''Endeavour'' was a 4-gun bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, purchased in 1694 but sold out of service the following year.
== Construction and purchase ==
In early 1694, ministers in the government of William III resolved to augment the Royal Navy's offensive capacity through provision of bomb vessels to attack French ports. In addition to the Navy's four existing ''Serpent''-class bomb vessels, Admiralty requested that the Board of Ordnance purchase twelve private merchant ships for refitting as bombs. However by April 1694 only eight such vessels were available, to which Admiralty then added the sixth rate sloop to form the expanded bomb group.〔Winfield 2009, pp. 232–233〕
''Endeavour'' was the smallest of the new vessels, with a keel, a beam of and measuring 59 tonnes burthen. She was ketch-rigged, with a deep hold measuring and capacity to provide mountings for a single 13-inch mortar. Her purchase price was £444, paid to London merchant Richard Beach. A further £473 was spent by Admiralty on ''Endeavour''s conversion to bomb vessel status, and £200 for fittings.〔 The ship was initially armed with four five-pounder minion cannons, with a crew of 18 supported by Royal Artillery gunners.〔
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