Golden hind
 Replica of the Golden Hinde , 1973, London- Southwark , the only one of three copies, which is a serious reconstruction and is ready to sail.
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The Golden Hinde or Golden Hind ( "Golden Hind " or "Golden Hind"), originally Pelican was the flagship of Francis Drake when he sailed around the first Englishman 1577-1580 the World ( circumnavigation of Francis Drake ).
Design
The Golden Hinde was a comparatively slender galleon with a low aft deck and an even lower foredeck. The outer walls consisted of two layers of planks with a layer of tar in between. The ship had three masts . The mainmast and the foremast carried square sails and additional topsails , crossbars and battle mars , the mizzen mast was rigged with latin sails . She was 37 m long, 5.6 m wide and had a draft of 2.7 m. The armament probably consisted of 18 cannons. They were distributed over seven hatches on each side and four hatches in the bow . Three cannons were made of bronze, the rest of cast iron . Around 60 crew members were on board at the beginning of the circumnavigation.
A replica of the Golden Hinde is in a floating dock on the River Thames in London , and another is in Brixham Harbor , Devon (England) .
Renamed to Golden Hinde
The original name of the Golden Hinde was Pelican . It was renamed on the circumnavigation on the day of entry into the Strait of Magellan . It is widely believed that Francis Drake changed the name in recognition of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton , who featured a gold doe in his coat of arms. At that time, too, the renaming during a trip was extremely unusual, and Christopher Hatton was by no means the only patron of Drake - other donors included Queen Elizabeth I , Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester , Sir Francis Walsingham , Sir William Winter and Drakes Cousin John Hawkins . The reasons for the renaming are therefore unclear, but are mostly seen in connection with the fate of Thomas Doughty : Doughty, an English adventurer and gentleman, was the commander of the Mary on Drake's expedition , but was charged, found guilty and charged with mutiny on the Strait of Magellan executed. Since Doughty was the personal secretary of Christopher Hatton, the name change of the ship is therefore often understood as a soothing gesture towards Hatton. At least this is supported by the temporal coincidence of the two events: This is what the Golden Hinde's logbook of June 20, 1578 says: Thomas Doughty put on trial and executed for mutiny. (...) Pelican renamed Golden Hind.
Whereabouts
In 1581 the Queen gave the order to keep the Golden Hinde "in eternal memory at Depford" and for a number of years the ship was one of the sights of London and was visited by thousands. But soon it was so neglected that in 1599 a Swiss visitor, Thomas Platter , stated that “the ship was rotten and was about to fall to pieces.” In 1629 the secretary of the Venetian ambassador noted that “the remains of the ship as well as to look like the bleached ribs and skull of a dead horse ”. The last remains were removed in 1662.
literature
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Andreas Venzke : Diary of Heinrich Hasebeck. Gasparan or Francis Drake's Last Voyage. Benziger-Verlag, Zurich 1996. ISBN 3-545-36531-X
(description of Drake's privateer ships, including the Golden Hinde ) - John Hampden (ed.): Sir Francis Drake, pirate in the service of the Queen . Heyne, Munich 2001. ISBN 3-4531-8719-9
(translated original texts by Drake's contemporaries)
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ For example Golden Hinde ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), The Voyage of the Golden Hind ( Memento from September 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), The Golden Hind Ship (all English; accessed April 22, 2007)
- ↑ Complete log entry: Jun 20 1578 Off east coast of S. America at Port Julian. Thomas Doughty tried and executed for mutiny. Swan and Christopher broken up, no longer needed. Stores and crew transferred to remaining ships. Pelican renamed Golden Hind. quoted from The Voyage of the Golden Hind ( Memento from September 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English; accessed April 22, 2007)
- ↑ Sir Francis Drake, Pirate in the Service of the Queen , S339 / 40, Edition Erdmann, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86539-812-3 .