Susan Constant was the largest of three ships of the English East India Company led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. East India Company was the name of several historic European companies chartered with the monopoly of trading with Asia for their respective countries. ... Christopher Newport (c. ... Jamestown was a village on an island in the James River in Virginia, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) southeast of where Richmond, Virginia, is now. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th) - Land 102,642 km² - Water 8,220 km² (7. ...
Replicas of the Susan Constant, as well as the smaller Godspeed and Discovery are docked in the James River at Jamestown Festival Park. Godspeed was one of the three ships of the English East India Company led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage which resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia in 1607. ... Discovery was a 70-ton fly-boat of the English East India Company, launched before 1602. ... The James River in the state of Virginia is 547 km (340 miles) long and drains a watershed encompassing 26 000 km² (10 000 square miles), home to 2. ... Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and her consort Prince Phillip inspect replica of Susan Constant at Jamestown Festival Park in Virginia on October 16, 1957 Jamestown Festival Park was established at Jamestown, Virginia in 1957 to mark the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Settlement. ...
Some books have mistakenly referred to the ship as the "Sarah Constant".
Further reading
Brian Lavery, The Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant 1605, Conway Maritime Press 1988
After an unusually lengthy trip sailing across the Atlantic Ocean from England, the three ships, SusanConstant (sometimes known as the Sarah Constant), Godspeed, and Discovery with their crews of 101 men and 4 boys led by SusanConstant Captain Christopher Newport made landfall at Cape Henry on April 26, 1607.
Full-sized replicas of the three ships that brought the colonists, the SusanConstant, Godspeed, and Discovery were constructed at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia and docked at Jamestown.
The original replicas of the three ships that brought the colonists, the SusanConstant, Godspeed, and Discovery which had been constructed at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia have been rebuilt, and are still very popular with tourists, especially school groups.
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