The Endeavour Replica - revised schedule of visits to Britain
The Endeavour Replica is currently in Fremantle, Western Australia, from where it is due, on 15th October, to leave for South Africa, St Helena, Ascension, Tenerife and Madeira, arriving at London Tower Bridge on 25 March, 1997.
The schedule for the seven month tour around the British Isles has changed, following a visit by the ship’s captain, Chris Blake. London (Docklands), Middlesbrough, Aberdeen and Southampton have been dropped. Boston, Inverness, Brighton and St Malo have been added.
The revised schedule of visits is as follows:
Greenwich |
28 |
March |
13 |
April |
Great Yarmouth |
19 |
April |
28 |
April |
Boston |
2 |
May |
5 |
May |
Whitby |
10 |
May |
18 |
May |
Edinburgh/Leith |
24 |
May |
1 |
June |
Inverness |
7 |
June |
15 |
June |
Greenock |
28 |
June |
6 |
July |
Liverpool |
11 |
July |
20 |
July |
Fishguard |
26 |
July |
3 |
August |
Falmouth |
9 |
August |
17 |
August |
Plymouth |
23 |
August |
31 |
August |
Weymouth |
6 |
September |
9 |
September |
Brighton |
13 |
September |
21 |
September |
St. Helier, Jersey |
27 |
September |
5 |
October |
St. Malo, France |
7 |
October |
12 |
October |
The Endeavour is due to depart for the USA from Plymouth (not Portsmouth) sometime in October.
The Editor would be interested in hearing from anyone about activities reported as being planned at any of these ports. He does not receive all the national and local papers!
Ian Boreham
Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1348, volume 19, number 4 (1996).