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Sea Venture was a seventeenth-century English sailing ship, part of the Third Supply mission flotilla to the Jamestown Colony in 1609. She was the 300 ton flagship of the London Company . During the voyage to Virginia, Sea Venture encountered a tropical storm and was wrecked, with her crew and passengers landing on the uninhabited Bermuda .
The coat of arms of Bermuda depicts a red lion with a shield that has a depiction of a wrecked ship upon it. The red lion is a symbol of Great Britain and alludes to Bermuda's relationship with that country. The Latin motto under the coat of arms, Quo Fata Ferunt, means "Whither the Fates Carry [Us]". [1] The wrecked ship is the Sea Venture.
The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications is the name used by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee to identify collectively as a World Heritage Site St. George's Town, founded in 1612 (following the 1609 wreck on Bermuda's reefs of the Sea Venture), and a range of fortifications, batteries, and magazines built ...
Sea Venture England: 25 July 1609 An English ship that was deliberately grounded after taking damage in a storm, and subsequently broke up and sank. Taunton Norway: 24 November 1920 A Norwegian steamer that was wrecked on the northern reefs. Virginia Merchant: 26 March 1661 A passenger and cargo ship that ran aground off Sonesta Beach. HMS Vixen
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Bermuda" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Sea Venture; V. HMS Valerian (1916) HMS Vixen (1865)
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Several of the islands strung across the South entrance of Castle Harbour, Bermuda were fortified in the early days of the territory, hence the harbour's name. When official settlement of the archipelago by England began in 1612 (unofficial settlement having begun with the 1609 wrecking of the Sea Venture) the first permanent town, St. George's (then called New London) was placed on the North ...
The USS Destroyer, nicknamed "Sammy B," sank during a battle in the Philippine Sea in '44. Watch: The World’s Deepest Shipwreck Was Just Discovered Nearly 23,000 Feet Under the Sea Skip to main ...