The Mayflower II is a replica of the 17th century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World. ^[1] The replica was built in Devon, England, during 1955–1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and an American museum, the Plimoth Plantation, combining the American museum's ship blueprints with construction by old traditional methods of English shipbuilders.^[1] On April 20, 1957, recreating the original voyage, Mayflower II was sailed across the Atlantic Ocean,^[1] under the command of Alan Villiers. Afterwards, Villiers and crew received a ticker-tape parade in New York City. Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) For other uses, see Mayflower (disambiguation). ... Pilgrims is the name commonly applied to early settlers of the Plymouth Colony. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Devon is a large county in South West England, bordered by Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Categories: Stub | Living museums | Plymouth County, Massachusetts ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Captain Alan John Murray Villiers (1903-1982); Author, Adventurer, Photographer and Master Mariner. ... Ticker-tape parade in New York City in honor of the Apollo 11 astronauts, August 1969 A ticker-tape parade is a parade event, held in a downtown urban setting, allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby office buildings onto the parade route, creating a... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

Mayflower II at State Pier in Plymouth, 2006

Built at the Upham Shipyard in Brixham and financed by private donations in England and by the American museum, the ship was a symbol of friendship between England and the U.S. for collaboration in World War II.^[1] Image File history File links Plymouth_Mayflower_II.jpg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mayflower II ... Image File history File links Plymouth_Mayflower_II.jpg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mayflower II ...   Settled: 1620 â€“ Incorporated: 1620 Zip Code(s): 02360 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... Location within the British Isles Brixham is a small town in the county of Devon in the southwest of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian...

Within a few details (electric lights added and ladder replaced with a lower-deck staircase), the ship is considered a faithful replica, with solid oak timbers, tarred hemp rigging, and hand-colored maps. The ship is 106 by 25-ft wide, 236 tons displacement, 4 masts (mainmast, foremast, mizzen, sprit), and 6 sails. U.S. Marijuana production permit, from the film Hemp for Victory. ... Ft is an abbreviation that may refer to the following: The foot, a unit of length, see foot (unit of length) The Hungarian Forint A fort, especially when used as a placename, for example Ft. ... In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place. ...

On Thanksgiving 1970 (350th anniversary of Mayflower landing), American Indian activists (with Russell Means) seized Mayflower II in protest. The ship is seaworthy and sailed to Providence, RI in 2002. It is open for tours near Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, MA. The ship is still owned by Plimoth Plantation. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. ... Russell Means (born November 10, 1939) is one of contemporary Americas best-known and prolific activists for the rights of American Indians. ... Providence is the capital and largest city in Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America. ... Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony, in what would become the United States. ...   Settled: 1620 â€“ Incorporated: 1620 Zip Code(s): 02360 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Categories: Stub | Living museums | Plymouth County, Massachusetts ...

History

The concept of constructing a reproduction of the Mayflower had been conceived in August 1954 by Mr. Warwick Charlton,^[1] to commemorate the wartime cooperation between England and the U.S., having served alongside many Americans in North Africa in World War II. Consequently, Project Mayflower was created in 1955 to build a replica of the Mayflower and sail the ship to America as a symbol of Anglo-American friendship.^[1] For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian...

A concern of the project's sponsors was placement of the ship after it reached the United States.^[1] They were aware of the fate of earlier reproduction vessels that had rotted away after interest in their initial voyages faded. Project Mayflower had become aware of the Plimoth Plantation museum, and in March 1955, John Lowe of Project Mayflower came to the United States. He met with representatives of Plimoth Plantation to gain assistance in future berthing and exhibition of Mayflower II.^[1] Categories: Stub | Living museums | Plymouth County, Massachusetts ...

By coincidence, Plimoth Plantation had planned, years earlier, to add a replica of the Mayflower to its exhibits.^[1] In 1951, the museum had already commissioned plans for a Mayflower II from the naval architect William A. Baker of MIT. Mr. Baker's detailed plans had already been finished by the time Project Mayflower's intentions were announced. A waterline model of the vessel's hull had already been built, but nothing more.^[1] Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ...

The two organizations arranged an agreement in the spring of 1955:^[1] in exchange for using Mr. Baker's design plans and advice, plus a guarantee to permanently maintain and exhibit the vessel, Project Mayflower agreed to build Mayflower II, sail it across the Atlantic, and release the ship to Plimoth Plantation after sailing the ship for exhibition at various East Coast ports.^[1] Look up Atlantic Ocean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The construction of Mayflower II was conducted at the Upham shipyard in Brixham, Devonshire, England.^[1] The ship's keel was laid on July 27, 1955, and ship architect William A. Baker was sent by Plimoth Plantation to advise the builders and view the progress of the ship's construction.^[1] This page is about the English county, for alternative meanings see Devon (disambiguation). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An Ciara Danille Bowers is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...

The ship was made as accurate as possible, from the carefully chosen English oak timbers, to the hand-forged nails, hand-sewn linen canvas sails, actual hemp cordage, and the Stockholm tar of the type used on 17th century ships.^[1] Based on analysis of the traditional colors and designs of English merchant ships illustrated in Dutch and English paintings, Mayflower II has the brown hull and the dark-red strapwork ornamentation of those 17th century merchant ships. Carved into the stern of Mayflower II is the hawthorne, or English mayflower.^[1] In England, the skills of elderly traditional workmen were employed to build a vessel that would reflect Mr. Baker's detailed research and could sail the Atlantic as securely as the original ship.^[1] Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other functions where sturdiness is required. ... U.S. Marijuana production permit, from the film Hemp for Victory. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Tar is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. ... Aft of the Soleil Royal, by Jean Bérain the Elder. ...

The Mayflower II was launched on September 22, 1956, a rainy day.^[1] The ceremony was based on knowledge about christenings of 17th-century vessels. The ship was toasted from a gold loving cup that was then thrown into the water, as was the 17th-century custom, and then quickly retrieved by a underwater diver, in the traditional manner.^[1] The ship was slid gracefully down the ways to enter Brixham harbor with a large splash. September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism. ...

Finally, on April 20, 1957, Mayflower II began the solitary voyage across the Atlantic.^[1] For time and safety of avoiding winter ice, the new ship took a more southerly route than the original Mayflower in September 1620, but otherwise, the voyage had been an accurate replication of a period ocean crossing. The weather cooperated in this concern for accuracy; Mayflower II first sailed calm seas and then met a violent storm off Bermuda, common weather for a transatlantic crossing.^[1] April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the similarly named rock band, see TransAtlantic. ...

See also

• Ship replica (including a list of replicas)

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Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u} "Press Kit - Mayflower II" (with history of the Mayflower), Plimoth Plantation Museum, 2004, Plimoth.org webpage: PlimothOrg-MayflowerBG.

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External links

• Official Site
• Mayflower II Tour - My Big Adventure (72 Images)