Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0292
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Endeavours Rocks.
in which the master went & after sounding round the ship found that she had ran over a rock & consequently had Shole water all round her all this time she continued to beat very much so that we could hardly keep our legs upon the Quarter deck; by the light of the moon we could see her sheathing boards &c. floating thick round her; about 12 her false keel came away.
11. All this in the mean time all kind of Preparations were making for carrying out anchors but by reason of the time it took to hoist out boats &c. the tide ebbd so much that we found it impossible to attempt to get her off till next high water if she would hold together so long & we now found to add to our misfortune that we had got ashore nearly at the top of high water & as night tides generaly rise higher than day ones we had little hopes of getting off even then for our Comfort however the ship as the tide ebbd settled to the rocks & did not beat near so much as she had done a rock however under her starboard bow kept grating her bottom making a noise very plainly to be heard in the fore store rooms