Bayards Cove - from where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail in 1620.
Bayards Cove has changed little since 1539. The Cove featured regularly in the Television series The Onedin Line. The Pilgrim Fathers put into Dartmouth's Bayard's Cove, en-route from Southampton to the New World. The pilgrims rested for a time and then set off on their epic journey in the ships - The Mayflower and The Speedwell, on the 20 August 1620. When they were some 300 miles west of Land's End, they realized that The Speedwell was not seaworthy and both ships returned to Plymouth - the Mayflower then departed alone to complete the crossing to Cape Cod. |
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