Sea Venture

Sea Venture was an English sailing ship that was part of the flotilla for the Third Supply mission to the Jamestown Colony in 1609. She was the 300-ton flagship of the London Company. During the voyage to Virginia, Sea Venture encountered a tropical storm and was wrecked, with her crew and passengers landing on the uninhabited island of Bermuda. Sea Venture's wreck is widely thought to have been the inspiration for William Shakespeare's 1611 play The Tempest.