HMS Adventure (1771)

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Resolution and Adventure with fishing craft in Matavai Bay by William Hodges, painted 1776, shows the two ships at anchor in Tahiti.
History
Great Britain
Name	Marquis of Rockingham
Owner	Captain William Hammond, of Hull
Builder	Thomas Fishburn, Whitby
Launched	1769,[1] or 1770[2]
Fate	Sold to Royal Navy, November 1771
Great Britain
Name	HMS Raleigh
Operator	Royal Navy
Acquired	27 November 1771
Renamed	HMS Adventure (25 December 1771)[3]
Fate	Sold to original owner in May 1783
Great Britain
Name	Adventure
Owner	Captain William Hammond, of Hull
Acquired	May 1783 by purchase
Fate	Sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in May 1811
General characteristics [2]
Tons burthen	33641⁄94 (bm)
Length	99 ft 3 in (30.3 m) (overall) 76 ft 9+1⁄2 in (23.4 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft 4 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Barque
Range	Limited only by water and provisions
Complement	80
Armament	Royal Navy: 10 × 4-pounder guns + 8 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns 1811: 6 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Adventure was a barque that the Royal Navy purchased in 1771. She had been the merchant vessel Marquis of Rockingham, launched in 1770 at Whitby. In naval service she sailed with Resolution on James Cook's second expedition to the Pacific in 1772–1775. She was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe from west to east. After her return she served as a store ship until 1779. The navy sold her in 1783 and she resumed a civilian career, but retaining the name Adventure. She was lost in May 1811.