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Golden Hind

A 1973 recreation of the Golden Hind in Southwark, London

The Golden Hinde was an English galleon captained by Francis Drake during his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580. The original ship was launched in 1577, and Drake named the ship after his patron Christopher Hatton's family crest, a golden deer. On 1 March 1579, during Drake's voyage into the Pacific Ocean, the Golden Hind participated in the capture of the Spanish Navy vessel Nuestra Señora de la Concepción off Ecuador, seizing 26 tons of silver. On 26 September 1580, Drake returned to Devon with 56 of the original crew of 80 left aboard. Drake had his ship publicly displayed in London at the end of his journey, and it remained there from 1580 to 1650, when the ship rotted away and was broken up. During the 20th century, several replicas were constructed as tourist attractions, with a particularly notable one being built in 1973 in Appledore, Devon, sent out to circumnavigate the globe from 1974 to 1992, and displayed at the St. Mary Overie Dock in Southwark from then on.

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