Endeavour

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Endeavour or endeavor may refer to:

[edit] Places

• Endeavour River, named after HM Bark Endeavour, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia
• Endeavor, Wisconsin, USA

[edit] Ships and yachts

• HMS Endeavour, the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
  • HM Bark Endeavour, the most famous of the nine, was commanded by James Cook on his expedition of 1768-1771 to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.
• HMNZS Endeavour (A-11), a fleet tanker in the Royal New Zealand Navy
• Endeavour (Americas Cup), a former British yacht that raced in the America's Cup

[edit] Space vehicles

• Endeavour, the callsign of the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module, named after HM Bark Endeavour
• Space Shuttle Endeavour, the most recent of the space shuttles (OV 105), named after HM Bark Endeavour and the Apollo 15 Command/Service Module

[edit] Trains

• Endeavour (train), a named passenger train that operated in New Zealand from 1972 until 1989.
• Endeavour railcar (CityRail) is a type of Diesel multiple unit operating on the interurban part of the CityRail network centred on Sydney, Australia

[edit] Other uses

• USS Endeavour (NCC-71805), a Nebula class starship in the fictional Star Trek universe
• Endeavour Award, a science fiction book award
• Endeavour (organisation), a non-profit organisation in Queensland, Australia, that works with people with intellectual disabilities
• Endeavor Agency, a talent agency in Beverly Hills, California
• Endeavor (band), a rock band from the Seattle area, formerly signed with Trustkill Records
• Endeavor (program), a program used for database management

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