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| Displacement: | 20 tons |
| Length: | 38 ft (— m) |
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| Type: | Barque |
| Hull: | Wood |
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Discovery was a 20-ton "fly-boat" of the British East India Company, launched before 1602. She took part in six expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
Discovery was the smallest of three ships that were led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage that resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. When Captain Newport returned to London, England, he left the Discovery behind for the use of the colonists.
Replicas of the Discovery and her sisters, the larger Susan Constant and Godspeed, are docked in the James River at Jamestown Settlement (formerly Jamestown Festival Park), adjacent to the Jamestown National Historic Site. A new Discovery, built in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, was launched in September 2006. The current replica in Jamestown will be shipped to for a tour of the United Kingdom as part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
In May 2007, the United States Postal Service issued the first 41 cent denomination first class stamp. The stamp had an image of the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery.
See also
- Ship replica (including a list of ship replicas)
The ship carried 17 male passagers
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