Editing HMS Endeavour (section)

===Later service===
While Cook was fêted for his successful voyage, ''Endeavour'' was largely forgotten. Within a week of her return to England, she was directed to [[Woolwich Dockyard]] for refitting as a naval transport.<ref name="Hough215">Hough 1995, p. 215</ref> Under the command of Lieutenant James Gordon she then made three return voyages<ref>Baines 2015, pp. 186–195.</ref> to the [[Falkland Islands]].

The first, under the command of sailing master John Dykes, was to deliver "sufficient provisions to serve 350 men to the end of the year 1772";<ref>TNA ADM 106/1205/364. Cited in Baines.</ref> she sailed from Portsmouth on 8 November 1771, but due to terrible weather did not arrive at [[Port Egmont]] (the British base in the Falkland Islands) until 1 March. ''Endeavour'' sailed from Port Egmont on 4 May in a three-month non-stop voyage until she anchored at Portsmouth.

The second voyage was to reduce the garrison and replace HM Sloop ''Hound'', John Burr Commander, with a smaller vessel, namely the 36-ton [[shallop]] ''Penguin'', commander Samuel Clayton. She was a collapsible vessel and was no sooner built than taken apart, and the pieces were stowed in ''Endeavour''. ''Endeavour'' sailed in November with Hugh Kirkland as the sailing master, and additionally the crew of ''Penguin'', and four ship's carpenters whose job was to reassemble ''Penguin'' on arrival, which was 28 January 1773. On 17 April ''Endeavour'' and ''Hound'' sailed for England with their crew. One of ''Penguin''{{'s}} crew was Bernard Penrose who wrote an account.<ref name="Penrose">Penrose 1775</ref> Samuel Clayton also wrote an account.<ref>TNA ADM 7/704. Cited in Baines.</ref>

The third voyage sailed in January 1774 with her purpose to evacuate the Falklands entirely as Britain was faced with political difficulties from the American Colonies, the French and the Spanish. The government assessed that if British ships and troops were engaged in America, Spain might seize the Falklands, capturing the small garrison at Port Egmont with maybe loss of life – this, it was feared, would trigger an outcry which might topple the government. ''Endeavour'' left England in January 1774, sailing from the Falklands with all the British inhabitants on 23 April, leaving a flag and plaque confirming Britain's sovereignty.

''Endeavour'' was [[paid off]] in September 1774,{{sfn|Hosty|Hundley|2003|p=62}} being sold in March 1775 by the Royal Navy to shipping magnate [[Mather & Co.|J. Mather]] for £645.{{sfn|McLintock|1966}}<ref name="CCSupdate">{{cite journal |last=Allan |first=John |title=The Fate of Cook's Ships: Cook's Ships – A Summary Update |journal =Cook's Log |volume= 25 |issue= 3 |page=1929 |publisher=Captain Cook Society |location=United Kingdom |year=2002 |url=https://www.captaincooksociety.com/cooks-life/cooks-ships/the-fate-of-cook-s-ships/summarising-the-evidence-that-endeavour-did-end-her-days-at-rhode-island |access-date=16 September 2008}}</ref> Mather returned her to sea for at least one commercial voyage to [[Arkhangelsk|Archangel]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Fate of Cook's Ships: What Do We Know About The Endeavour? – Part 2 |journal=Cook's Log |volume= 20 |issue=2 |page=1377 |publisher=Captain Cook Society |location=United Kingdom |year=1997 |url=https://www.captaincooksociety.com/cooks-life/cooks-ships/the-fate-of-cook-s-ships/or-did-endeavour-house-female-convicts-on-the-river-thames-in-england |access-date=16 September 2008}}</ref>

Once the [[American War of Independence]] had commenced, the British government needed ships to carry troops and materiel across the Atlantic. In 1775 Mather submitted ''Endeavour'' as a transport ship,<ref>Baines 2015, pp. 209–211</ref> being rejected. Thinking that renaming her would fool Deptford Yard, Mather resubmitted ''Endeavour'' under the name ''Lord Sandwich''.<ref name="Abbass">Abbass, D. K. ''Rhode Island in the Revolution: Big Happenings in the Smallest Colony''. 2007. Part IV, p. 406.</ref> As ''Lord Sandwich'' she was rejected in no uncertain terms: "Unfit for service. She was sold out Service Called ''Endeavour'' Bark refused before". Repairs were made, with acceptance in her third submission, under the name ''Lord Sandwich 2'' as there was already a transport ship called ''Lord Sandwich''.<ref>TNA ADM 106/3402 5 February 1776. Cited in Baines.</ref>

''Lord Sandwich 2,'' master William Author, sailed on 6 May 1776 from Portsmouth in a fleet of 100 vessels, 68 of which were transports, which was under orders to support Howe's campaign to capture [[New York City|New York.]] ''Lord Sandwich 2'' carried 206 men mainly from the Hessian du Corps regiment of [[Hessian (soldiers)|Hessian mercenaries]].<ref>TNA ADM 1/487. Cited in Baines.</ref> The crossing was stormy, with two Hessians who were in the same fleet making accounts of the voyage.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Voyage of the First Hessian Army from Portsmouth to New York 1776.|last=Pfister and Seume|first=Albert and Johann|publisher=Project Gutenberg}}</ref> The scattered fleet assembled at Halifax then sailed to Sandy Hook where other ships and troops assembled. On 15 August 1776 ''Lord Sandwich 2'' was anchored at Sandy Hook; also assembled there was ''Adventure'', which had sailed with ''Resolution'' on Cook's second voyage, now a storeship, captained by John Hallum. Another ship there at that time was HMS ''Siren'', captained by Tobias Furneaux, who had commanded ''Adventure'' on Cook's second voyage.<ref>Baines 2015 pp. 216–217</ref>

New York was eventually captured, but [[Newport, Rhode Island]], remained in the hands of the Americans and posed a threat as a base for recapturing New York, so in November 1776 a fleet, which included ''Lord Sandwich 2'' carrying Hessian troops, set out to take [[Rhode Island]].{{sfn|ANMM|2003|pp=16–17}} The island was taken but not subdued, and ''Lord Sandwich 2'' was needed as a [[prison ship]].{{sfn|Abbass|2008}}