Speedwell (1620)


Material Propulsion Country Year Launched
Wood Wind, Sails Netherlands 1620
Length (feet) Displacement (tons)
50 60

Ill-fated ship supposed to accompany the Mayflower to America in 1620; failed twice to get out of the English Channel, returning first to Dartmouth and then Plymouth, where her passengers and some of crew were shifted to the Mayflower . Her problems delayed the ocean passage by several weeks.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

Compiler

Peter Richards

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