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Mayflower

Also known as The Mayflower

Mayflower was an English square-rigged merchant sailing ship, active from before 1609 until 1622. Her tonnage was 180+, and she was 110 feet long and 25 feet in the beam, with several decks. She was notable in that she transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.

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The Mayflower was an English merchant sailing ship that carried a group of English families called the Pilgrims from England to the New World in 1620. This voyage is significant in history because it established one of the earliest European settlements in North America and the Pilgrims' journey became a foundational story in American history.

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Ship.display_title: ital
Ship/image.image: Copyrighted and Published by A S Burbank, The Mayflower at Sea (NBY 21340).jpg
Ship/image.image_caption: Mayflower imagined at sea on an early 20th century post card
Ship/career.country: England
Ship/career.flag: 60px
Ship/career.name: Mayflower
Ship/career.owner: Christopher Jones ( of the ship)
Ship/career.maiden_voyage: Before 1609
Ship/career.out_of_service: 1622–1624
Ship/career.fate: Most likely taken apart by Rotherhithe shipbreaker 1624
Ship/characteristics.class: Probably English-built merchant ship
Ship/characteristics.tonnage: 180+ tons
Ship/characteristics.length: ~ on deck, overall
Ship/characteristics.decks: Around 4
Ship/characteristics.capacity: Unknown, but carried approximately 135 people to Plymouth Colony
Ship/characteristics.beam: ~

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 180
Image: Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, by William Halsall.jpg

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Commons category: Mayflower (ship)
Commons gallery: Mayflower
number of masts: 3

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Contents

Motivations for the voyage
Voyage
Leaving Holland
''Speedwell'' and ''Mayflower''
''Mayflower'' sets sail
The trip across the Atlantic
Arrival in America
First winter
Passengers
''Mayflower'' ship history
Later history
Second ''Mayflower''
''Mayflower'' design and layout
''Mayflower'' officers, crew, and others
Legacy
400th anniversary, 2020
Use of "Mayflower"
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Further reading
External links

After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts on 1620. The Pilgrims, often conflated with the Puritans (who sought to reform and purify the Church of England from within), sought separation from the church and prayed privately. They believed that the church's resistance to reform and its Roman Catholic past left it beyond redemption. Starting in 1608, a group of English families departed England for the Netherlands, where they could worship freely. By 1620, the community resolved to cross the Atlantic Ocean for America, which they considered a "new Promised Land" where they would establish Plymouth Colony.