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Replica of HM ship Endeavour

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    http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16265870.HM_Bark_Endeavour_arrives_in_Whitby/
    It looks well worth a visit if you are in the North East.
     
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    Did anyone get photos of this being craned over the locks at the Tees Barrage?
     
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    A technical question I hope someone can answer - Endeavour is referred to the as HM Bark Endeavour - I always thought the correct term should be "Barque" - am I missing something?

    Also, is this a new replica? I thought there already was one.
     
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    I have always known and used the spelling barque. However it appears that bark and barc are also used spellings.
    Bark to me suggests trees and dogs - they do go together! :eek:
     
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    I would have assumed just a variant spelling, not uncommon for words to be spelled differently in the past. However a quick glance at Wikipedia for barque reveals that this term for a particular rig only came into common English usage relatively late, and that the Royal Navy used the term for some vessels despite not complying with the barque rig.

    (Similarly I believe the navy referred to some ships as being sloops, not on the basis of size or rig but merely due to being commanded by a commander rather than a post-captain.)
     
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    This is a non-sailing replica that has been at Stockton-on-Tees for a number of years - clearly pre-dating the present Tees Barrage arrangements! Brief details here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour#Replica_vessels

    The previous visitor to Whitby is a fully functioning replica based in Australia.

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    Nineteenth century railway accident reports talk about having breaks rather than brakes as another example of different spellings for things.
     
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    Not forgetting the GWR preference for 'all tickets must be shewn'. ;)
     
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    Yes, ‘I shewed him my red flag’ crops up often. Also, ‘the train was horsed by...’ which I liked.
     
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    Not just GWR - NER sign (I presume) using this spelling in Goathland Booking Office - and has in the past appeared in Heartbeat!

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    There's a really nice video of her being towed down the coast on https://www.facebook.com/cooksendeavour/. She could just do with a bit more work to make her as convincing as she can be. For instance, a wooden deck laid on top of the steel plates would work wonders, and maybe the http://www.lnerca.org/home/about-us/ could be tempted into lending their scrumbling expertise to those big brown sides?
     
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