New owners of the Golden HindMary and Sean Twomey with their children Jude and Fern, as reported by Devon Live. Welcome to our wonderful community. Congratulations and all best wishes for the future. Keep Brixham going !!
Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer).
James May buys Golden Hind for reality TV series, exciting news for Brixham. The Ship was actually built as a copy of the Mayflower but got renamed the Golden Hind.
The vessel remained there for nearly 70 years where she eventually disintegrated due to the rains and weather and was broken up. Nothing remains of the ship except a chair carved from its timbers, which can be seen in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Golden Hind, in Brixham Harbour, is one of two full-sized replicas of Sir Francis Drake's famous ship (used in the first circumnavigation of the globe between 1577-1580).
During his voyage around the world in 1577-1580, Sir Francis Drake captained a ship named the Golden Hind. On this ship lived a woman named Maria, whose plight we only know about Because of a manuscript preserved in the British Library in London, in which an anonymous sailor records her existence.
One returned in 1580 loaded with gold and silver, the other in 1979 with a treasure of pride and accomplishment. The original Golden Hinde's voyage of plunder and exploration began in 1577 when Francis Drake sailed from England with five ships and 164 men.
Sean and Mary Twomey, who run the Torquay Backpackers international youth hostel, have bought the 120 tonne full-size replica of Sir Francis Drake's galleon - the first ship ever to sail around the world. And they have guaranteed that it will stay in Brixham.
We're used to seeing James May zipping around on our TV screens, but when he's not busy filming his feet are firmly planted in Wiltshire soil. In fact, he even owns Swallowcliffe institution, The Royal Oak, where he does a roaring trade in his own range of gin.
They narrowly escaped capture and death when the Spanish went back on their word to allow them protected harbour and attacked them. Many of their English crew and two of Drake's brothers were slaughtered and he thereafter harboured a deep and lifelong dislike of the Spanish.
In 1577, Drake set off on his three-year circumnavigation, and was knighted on board the Golden Hinde a few months after his return – a remarkable achievement for a man of his social background.
If you were Spanish, Drake became a feared pirate who robbed them of their riches – with a lot of his exploits taking place before any war had formally broken out with Spain. Over the course of a number of voyages, Drake attacked many Spanish towns and killed many people.
This full-size replica of Sir Francis Drake's iconic ship from the age of exploration is a great attraction for the little scallywags in your family. Hop aboard and explore the five decks of this famous galleon, a feature of Brixham Harbour for over fifty years!
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.
In terms of fruit and vegetabes they ate bananas, plantains, figs, lemons, limes, oranges, grapes, melons, coconuts, cassava, cucumbers, potatoes, macaroni, currants, beans, pulses, and raisins.
There is a report of the ship looking very emaciated about twenty years after its return, and by 1662 it was rotting away. The ship was broken up and the majority of the wood is believed to be buried in Convoy's Wharf, an old Tudor shipyard.
GOLDEN GALLEON had an 'Honours Board' on her gangway stating that ML162 was built in Portsmouth and "had an illustrious career during the Second World War, as not only did the crew have the distinction of having shot down six enemy aircraft and taken part in the sinking of a submarine, she was also mentioned as being ...
The choice of Sir Francis Drake was inspired. The 16th century British sailor and plunderer became fabulously wealthy on the gold, silver, and jewels he seized from Spanish ships. When Drake died of dysentery in 1596, his fortune seemed to die with him. Drake had a wife but no legitimate heirs.
After the monumental failure of “the English Contraarmada”, the pirate Francis Drake fell into political ostracism for six years until in 1595 he had the opportunity to make amends in the Caribbean. There he was humiliated by a tiny Spanish force in Panama.
