Sea Venture TimeLine

A list of key dates and events in the Sea Venture timeline - the wrecked ship that settled Bermuda and helped save Jamestown.

Timeline of the Sea Venture 1609

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Settling Jamestown

Dates prior to the Sea Venture

Original Settlers

December 1606 - Original fleet left England:

Susan Constant (Christopher Newport captain) (¹)
Discovery
Godspeed

Christopher Newport was the captain.

April 1607 - They arrived in Jamestown

First Supply of Jamestown

Oct 18, 1607 - Left England

John & Francis (Christopher Newport)
Phoneix

Jan 12, 1608 - Arrived in Jamestown

Second Supply of Jamestown

Aug 1608 - Leaft England

Mary Margaret (Christopher Newport)

Oct 1, 1608 - Arrived in Jamestown

Dates of the Sea Venture & Third Supply

Fleet of Nine Ships

Nine ships set out with 500 - 600 passengers and crew and provisions for one year (²)
7 ships under sail - 2 smaller pinnaces towed (They were slower and towed to keep from getting separated.)
The Sea Venture with Christopher Newport as captain also towed The Catch - a much smaller vessel.

June 2, 1609 - 3rd Supply Left England
July 24, 1609 - Storm started (Sea Venture and Catch untied during storm to prevent crashing into each other.)
July 28, 1609 - Sea Venture wrecked on coral reef, 150 passengers transported by long board to Gates Bay, a beach about 1/2 a mile away. It would have taken about 4 round trips to get all ashore.

*Early August 1609 - Other 7 ships arrive in Jamestown without the Sea Venture or Catch (Catch was lost, and its remains are still undiscovered.)
Sept 1, 1609 - Small boat from the Sea Venture leaves Bermuda for Jamestown. (Lost. Rumored to have been ambushed by Powhatan.)

1610

Fate of Sea Venture Passengers

April 1, 1610 - 4th Supply leave England ¹

De La Warr
Blessings of Plymouth
Hercules

May 10, 1610 - Patience and Deliverance leave Bermuda ³
May 23, 1610 - Patience and Deliverance reach Jamestown
June 7, 1610 - De La Warr arrives the same day that Patience, Deliverance, and two other small pinnaces attempt to leave

Settlement of Bermuda

May 1610 - Robert Waters and Christopher Carter were left on the island.
July 11, 1612 - Bermuda’s first governor Richard Moore arrived with 60 permanent settlers on Bermuda ⁴
1612 - 1615 - 600 colonists living in the settlement²
1625 9 forts and 2,500 residents (Bermuda ended up being more profitable than Virginia for the Virginia Company) ²

Massachussetts

By 1620 over 55 ships had sailed from England to Virginia ¹
Sept 6, 1620 Mayflower left Plymouth, England - Headed to Virginia, it sailed off course.
Nov 11, 1620 Mayflower arrived in Plymouth
Nov 21, 1620 Mayflower Compact signed

References

We are not using live-links at this time as changing and outdated URL's can alter web results. 1. https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm (Valuable research listing the known pilgrim ships.)

2. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/sea-venture

3. Miracle: The True Story of the Wreck of the Sea Venture - by Gail Langer Karwoski (book)

4. https://bernews.com/2013/05/archaeological-team-returns-to-smiths-island/

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