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.