The organizers of the voyage initially intended that the expedition would consist of two vessels, the Mayflower, and the smaller ship Speedwell. The religious Separatists left Leiden, Holland, ...

Jones and his two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, were hired for the Pilgrim’s voyage by Thomas Weston of the Merchant Adventurers and Robert Cushman, who worked as their business agents ...

A new art installation, ‘Speedwell’, is now open to the public in Plymouth. It transforms the Mount Batten Breakwater into a public forum for discussion and debate about the impact and legacy ...

The Mayflower and the Speedwell. In order to undertake the work it is most probable that the Speedwell was drawn up on the beach near where Queen’s Park is today and careened so that new ...

Ever heard Americans talking about the pilgrims or Thanksgiving? Well it's all down to a ship that left England on this day 400 years ago. On 16 September 1620, the ship called the Mayflower set ...

On December 18, 1620, the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Harbor. That was 399 years ago! Sorry readers, I got excited and didn’t want to wait until December 2020 to talk about this historic event.

The middle and later months of 2020 mark the 400th anniversary of the departure of the Mayflower and its sibling the Speedwell for the hopeful shores of the New World. And significant celebrations ...

On Aug. 5, 1620, the Mayflower — and a second ship, the Speedwell — set sail from England for the New World. They did not get far. Twice, the Speedwell sprung leaks, forcing the ships back to harbor ...

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Aug. 15, 1620: Two ships (Speedwell and Mayflower) left Southampton. The ships were forced back twice because of leaks in the Speedwell. 2.

Passengers from the Speedwell squeezed themselves and their belongings onto the Mayflower, a cargo ship no more than 100 feet long and 24 feet wide. To put that into context it was smaller than ...

The Speedwell arrived in Southampton 400 years ago today.