Godspeed was one of the three ships on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia. Captained by Bartholomew Gosnold, she was joined by the Susan Constant and Discovery on the journey.

2019年10月31日 · It started with a 50-foot (plus or minus) “pinnace” called Virginia, built in 1607. To celebrate and teach people about this long maritime heritage, a nonprofit organization is currently reconstructing Virginia on the waterfront of Bath, Maine (www.mfship.org).

Virginia was a pinnace built in 1607 and 1608 by English colonists at the Popham Colony. The ship was a project of the Plymouth Company, branch of the proprietary Virginia Company, on land England claimed as belonging to the Virginia Colony.

Maine’s First Ship strives to use our reconstruction of the 1607 pinnace Virginia to immerse the public in an exploration of the region’s early history, craftsmanship, and relationships, and their impact on our community and environment today. We are located in the Bath Freight Shed about 10 miles north of the original 1607-08 Popham Colony

In 1607, the 120 men and boys who made up the Popham Colony constructed not only Maine's first ship but America's on the bank of Kennebec River close to modern-day Phippsburg. Local boatbuilder and shipwright Rob Stevens estimated it would have only taken colonists a couple of months to construct what his volunteer crew has taken more than a ...

Launched in April 2006, GODSPEED is a replica of one of a three-boat flotilla that came from England to America in 1607. Godspeed, Discovery and Susan Constant brought settlers from England to found the second permanent English settlement in the new world.

In a 4 and half month journey the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery set sail for Virginia. These ships were sailed by the Virginia Company, which was formed by a charter from King James I in 1606. They left for the new word in search of gold and to establish a new colony for England. The early settlers made land on May 13th, 1607.

Discovery was a small 20- ton, 38-foot (12 m) long "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602. It was one of the three ships (along with Susan Constant and Godspeed) on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London.

On May 13, 1607, three small English ships approached Jamestown Island in Virginia—the Susan Constant of 100 tons commanded by Capt. Christopher Newport and carrying 71 persons; the Godspeed of 40 tons commanded by Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold and carrying 52 persons; and the Discovery, a pinnace, of 20 tons under Capt. John Ratcliffe, carrying ...

2012年12月15日 · John Smith explored the upper Chickahominy River in December 1607. He left his boat and seven of his crew at Apocant, the highest town on the river in the upper part of what is today the lake. Two crew members departed with Smith and two Chickahominy guides in a borrowed canoe.