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was forced from between them, and the ship began to leak rapidly. All hands were applied to bailing, but the water continued to rise in the hold. The ship's guns were reportedly jettisoned—though two were salvaged from the wreck in 1612, to arm Bermuda's first fort—to raise her buoyancy, but this
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When the piloting Somers spied land on the morning of 28 July, the water in the ship's hold had risen to 9 feet (2.7 m), and crew and passengers had been driven past the point of exhaustion. Somers (either deliberately or accidentally) drove the ship onto the reefs in order to prevent the
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foundering. This allowed all hands (150 people and a dog aboard) to reach shore safely using boats. Those in the flotilla who continued on to Virginia presumed that Somers and the others had died in the storm, which had battered the relief fleet and damaged its supplies.
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In May 1610, the ships set sail for Jamestown, with the surviving 142 castaways on board taking food from the island. When they reached the settlement, they found it nearly destroyed by famine and disease of what has been called the
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to collect more food (such as feral hogs), but he became ill on the journey. He died in Bermuda on November 9, 1610, at age 56. It is likely that George Somers died from exhaustion or an overexertion-related illness.
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had damaged some of the rest of the fleet), and only 60 settlers survived. Only the food and help offered by those on the two small ships from Bermuda, followed by a relief fleet in July 1610, commanded by
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Somers and his company remained in Bermuda for 10 months, living on food they could gather on the island and fish from the sea. Some commentators believe that this incident inspired
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in 1595 in search of the mythical city of gold, as well as to commit to amphibious descents throughout the Spanish Main with them. However, after failing to meet, the
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the English led by Preston and Somers were able to outmanoeuvre the waiting Spanish force and captured the colonial city of Santiago de Leon de
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It is recorded that his nephew, Matthew Somers, buried George's heart and organs somewhere near what is now Somers Garden, and
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the rest of body in a cask of whiskey. The preserved remains were taken back to England and buried in his home hamlet of
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A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest
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Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of the First English Colony in the New World
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fought the storm for three days. Comparably-sized ships had survived such weather, but the
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Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present
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had a critical flaw; she had recently been constructed and her timbers had not set. The
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colony settled in North America two years before. On 2 June 1609, he set sail from
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before they headed South inland. After making an arduous trek through the mountains of
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown: The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America,
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only delayed the inevitable. Sir George Somers was at the helm through the storm.
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The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
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they plundered and torched the city and then went to capture
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Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
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On 25 July, the fleet ran into a strong storm, probably a
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went on their own venture along the coast of the Spanish
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1909 plaque commemorating the settlement of Bermuda
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George Somers (disambiguation)

Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis
Dorset
Bermuda
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Privateer
sea captain
Knight Bachelor
Virginia Company of London
Royal Navy
Captain
Anglo-Spanish War
Virginia Company of London
part of an expedition
Amyas Preston
Caracas
Santa Ana de Coro
Anglo-Spanish War
Bermuda
Lyme Regis
Dorset
Anglo-Spanish War
Preston Somers Expedition
Amyas Preston
Spanish Armada
Walter Raleigh
El Dorado expedition
Trinidad

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