Name Grenville Name HMS Grenville Tons burthen 60,780 kg | Launched 1754 Armament 12 guns | |
Fate Broken up in March 1775 Place built Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States | ||
HMS Grenville, was a schooner built in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and originally named Sally. The ship was purchased and renamed Grenville by England on 7 August 1763 in Newfoundland. From 1763 to 1767 English surveyor and explorer James Cook was commander of Grenville, his first independent command. Each summer season he used the ship to survey the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, making detailed maps. The following year, 1768, he began his first circumnavigation of the world.
The ship was broken up in March 1775.
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