Crew of the HMS Endeavour

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Crew of the HMS Endeavour
General information
Leader	Lord Cutler Beckett
Notable members	Ian Mercer Admiral James Norrington Officer/Lieutenant Theodore Groves Lieutenant Greitzer Endeavour Officer Governor Weatherby Swann
Ships	HMS Endeavour Flying Dutchman
Other information
Affiliation	East India Trading Company
Behind the scenes
First appearance	At World's End
Last appearance	At World's End
Cause	Destruction of the Endeavour, deaths of many crewmembers

"Company ship, company crew."

―Ian Mercer

The crew of the HMS Endeavour, also abbreviated as the Endeavour crew, were a crew of sailors and officers that operated aboard the HMS Endeavour, a ship of the East India Trading Company that carried Lord Cutler Beckett as his flagship.

History

Port Royal

Prior to 1729, the HMS Endeavour became a ship that carried a crew of sailors of the British Royal Navy and soldiers of the East India Trading Company led by Lord Cutler Beckett, who sailed to Port Royal with arrest warrants for William Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and former Commodore James Norrington. The Endeavour crew were among the EITC soldiers that ran through the streets of Port Royal lead by a bodyguard to arrest Turner in the blacksmith shop. Beckett was with the rest of the crew as they arrested Swann. Beckett's bodyguard held back Swann, while a redcoat restrained Turner. An officer of the crew removed Beckett's coat as Governor Weatherby Swann read out the arrest warrants.

Beckett and his aide Ian Mercer would be stationed at an office in Port Royal. Guards were stationed on the balcony, and an artisan was hired to paint a map of the world. An officer escorted Will Turner into the office as Beckett had ordered, as the Lord intended to send out Turner to locate and acquire compass owned by Jack Sparrow. The crew left as they negotiated. It was a sleeping guard that unwittingly allowed Elizabeth Swann into the office. The crew had also been sent to capture Governor Swann under Ian Mercer, murdering Captain Hawkins.

War Against Piracy

The crew boards the Flying Dutchman.

"Come to join my crew again, Master Turner?"
"Not yours. His.""

―Davy Jones and Will Turner

When Beckett assumed control of Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman, the Dead Man's Chest was brought aboard the Endeavour, with Jones' heart inside, though it was ultimately returned to the Flying Dutchman by the crew. Former commodore James Norrington was stationed onboard the Endeavour, during which time, he was promoted to Admiral for the Company's naval forces. It was on the Endeavour that Norrington was reunited with his sword from his days serving in the Royal Navy.

Jack Sparrow was later brought aboard the Endeavour when Sao Feng betrayed the crew of the Black Pearl. Upon arrival, Beckett and Jack struck a deal after much jostling and bargaining. Jack Sparrow asked Beckett to square his debt with Jones and guarantee his freedom. In exchange, Jack promised to give the location of Shipwreck Island to Beckett.

However, just as the deal was almost sealed, the Black Pearl, now back under pirate command launched a broadside on the Endeavour, damaging it and allowing Sparrow a chance to escape, without giving time for the Endeavour to return fire with her over thousand pound broadside. He shook Beckett's hand, quickly finalizing their accords, then he rigged a cannon to launch him onto the Black Pearl, and at the same time damaging the Endeavour's mainmast, causing it to collapse, further crippling the vessel. The Endeavour was thus unable to pursue the Pearl, allowing Sparrow to safely escape to join the Brethren Court. The crew sustained many casualties, and the bodies of most of the deceased crew were used by Will Turner as a breadcrumb trail to lead Beckett to the Brethren.

The crew prepares for battle.

The vessel was ultimately repaired, and, with the aid of William Turner, Beckett charted a course to Shipwreck Island. With the armada assembled, the Endeavour acted as the flagship of the fleet, though it would be the Flying Dutchman that would lead the fleet against the Pirate Lords. The Endeavour hung back while the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman fought in Calypso's Maelstrom, entering the battle on Beckett's order only when (unknown to Beckett) Davy Jones was killed by Turner and the Flying Dutchman sunk.

Disregarding his deal with Jack, Beckett ordered that the Endeavour's guns be run out, and move to attack the Pearl. Suddenly, the Flying Dutchman rose from the ocean, now captained by William Turner, and joined the Black Pearl in assaulting the Endeavour in a double broadside from either side, pummeling her with cannon fire.

Lord Cutler Beckett remains on the Endeavour as it is destroyed.

Beckett, utterly out-maneuvered, could only watch as his ship was devastated before his eyes. Although the Endeavour possessed more than enough guns to make a stand against both ships, the shock of having the Dutchman turn against him made Beckett unable to give any order to fight back. Theodore Groves, seeing that Beckett could not give any orders, ordered the crew to abandon ship. However, Beckett simply descended onto the deck as the vessel was slowly blown apart in front of him, and was consumed by the explosion of the powder magazine that destroyed the Endeavour. The remains of the vessel were left to slowly sink under the waves.

Behind the scenes

The crew of the HMS Endeavour first appeared in the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, though had a more prominent role in the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The name "Endeavour crew" appeared in the strategy guide for the video game adaptation.

In the At World's End video game, following the battle between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman, the Endeavour crew boarded the Black Pearl. The Pearl and its crew defend themselves from the Endeavour, but they're eventually defeated by a combined attack by the Pearl and the Dutchman. This contrasts the film itself, where the Endeavour crew abandoned ship without boarding the Pearl.

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (comic)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: The Movie Storybook
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Penguin Readers)
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Non-canonical appearance)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: Official Strategy Guide (First identified as Endeavour crew)