HMS Elizabeth was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 October 1769 at Portsmouth Dockyard. [ 1 ] In 1778 James Bisset served on the ship as a newly commissioned lieutenant under Captain Frederick Maitland.

In September 1769, she anchored off New Zealand, becoming the first European vessel to reach the islands since Abel Tasman's Heemskerck 127 years earlier. In April 1770, Endeavour became the first European ship to reach the east coast of Australia, with Cook going ashore at what is now known as Botany Bay .

The list of ship launches in 1769 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1769.

British Third Rate ship of the line 'Royal Oak' (1769). Dates of service, name changes, previous and next incarnations, dimensions, armament, commanders, officers and crewmen, actions, battles, sources.

Principally drawing on archaeological, technological and historical sources, it describes vessels used on English inland and coastal waters and in the open sea. The evidence of wrecks and abandoned vessels is drawn on, as well as extant vessels. Also included is the early development of …

English: Ships built in 1769 (year of completion). It includes subcategories for specific ships from ships by name. See ships by year of manufacture for additional details.

This category is for ships launched in the year 1769.

Log of 'Unity' for a slaving voyage from Liverpool to Holland and then to Calabar, West Africa, 1769. One of the top ten treasures from the Maritime Archives and Library at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, part of the National Museums Liverpool group.

Spanish Third Rate ship of the line 'San José' (1769). Dates of service, name changes, previous and next incarnations, dimensions, armament, commanders, officers and crewmen, actions, battles, sources.

Jan 31, 2014 · Just a year before Cook’s voyage, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator, explored these waters (and almost encountered the east coast of Australia) during his circumnavigation of the world. Cook was instructed to observe the transit of planet Venus from Tahiti. He sailed there without trouble.