The termites of the sea are tearing through what is believed to be the wreckage of the explorer’s ship at the murky bottom of Newport Harbour in the United States. | By Tim Barlass endeavour jamescook
Seaworms known as the termites of the sea are attacking what is thought to be the wreck of Captain James Cook’s flagship the HMB Endeavour, leaving timbers honeycombed, according to a marine biologist.
Shipway said the exposed pieces of wood on the harbour floor were being eaten from within by a species known asor naval shipworm. “That damage is ongoing,” he said. “The shipworms’ guts are full of wood.” Teredo navalis, the shipworm, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Tereninidae.The report is the latest episode in a stoush between the Australian National Maritime Museum and its research partner, the Rhode Island Maritime Archaeology Project. In February, the Museum’s then chief executive Kevin Sumption said that the wreck was positively identified as the Endeavour.
Shipway said the wreck was safe from shipworms and gribbles so long as it’s buried under sediment, but it could take just one storm to uncover even more of it.funding for Abbass to protect this and other sites because even if it’s out of sight, it shouldn’t beThe Australian National Maritime Museum said it was aware of the report in“When the Museum made the announcement regarding the Endeavour, we raised the need for the ongoing protection of the site as a major concern,” it said in a statement.
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