xxc1/50 HMS EndeavourBIL 01 00 0514 Billing Boats 1 50 HMS Endeavour (Experienced) HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand, from 1769 to 1771. She was launched in 1764 as the collier Earl of Pembroke, and the Navy purchased her in 1768 for a scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean and to The Navy renamed and commissioned her as His Majestys Bark the Endeavour. She departed Plymouth in