This is the ship captain Cook used to get to Australia. It was later sold to a private individual and used as a troop transport / prison ship. It was scuttled near Rhode Island harbor to impede access.
Brian
Cool! Timely announcement for me since I’m right in the middle of Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz.
From the Department of Redundancy Department: ‘[T]he ship had been designed as a coal-carrying collier.’ 