Qualla: Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda https://qualla.com/sea-venture en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/t/f/0/sea-venture-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda https://qualla.com/sea-venture Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda: Introduction https://qualla.com/sea-venture/ Photo credit Seavoyage1, CC BY-SA 4.0. In July 1609, a fleet of nine ships set sail from England to resupply the struggling Jamestown colony in Virginia. The flagship Sea Venture, carrying Admiral Sir George Somers and 150 passengers and crew, became separated from the fleet in a hurricane. For three days the storm raged. The ship began to sink. Then land appeared - the dreaded 'Isle of Devils,' Bermuda, notorious for its treacherous reefs. The Sea Venture deliberately drove onto a reef and stuck fast. Everyone survived. What happened next was the accidental founding of Britain's oldest colony and, possibly, the inspiration for Shakespeare's greatest romance.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/t/f/0/sea-venture-wk/dtf0-sea-venture-the-shipwreck-that-founded-bermuda-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda: The Storm https://qualla.com/sea-venture/ Photo credit Seavoyage1, CC BY-SA 4.0. The hurricane struck the fleet on July 24, 1609, scattering the ships across the Atlantic. The Sea Venture took the worst of it. Water poured through the hull faster than the crew could bail. After three days of continuous pumping, the exhausted survivors had resigned themselves ...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/t/f/0/sea-venture-wk/dtf0-sea-venture-the-shipwreck-that-founded-bermuda-the-storm.mp3 0:06 2 full Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda: The 'Isle of Devils' https://qualla.com/sea-venture/ Photo credit Seavoyage1, CC BY-SA 4.0. Bermuda had a terrifying reputation. Previous Spanish ships had heard the cries of what they believed were demons - actually the calls of native birds. The reefs that protected the islands had claimed numerous vessels. Sailors considered the islands cursed, haunted, impossible to...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/t/f/0/sea-venture-wk/dtf0-sea-venture-the-shipwreck-that-founded-bermuda-the-isle-of-devils.mp3 0:06 3 full Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda: The Boats https://qualla.com/sea-venture/ Photo credit Seavoyage1, CC BY-SA 4.0. Admiral Somers and the colonists were bound for Jamestown, and duty eventually overcame comfort. Using salvaged materials from the Sea Venture and local Bermuda cedar, they spent ten months building two small boats - the Deliverance and the Patience. On May 10, 1610, they sailed ...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/t/f/0/sea-venture-wk/dtf0-sea-venture-the-shipwreck-that-founded-bermuda-the-boats.mp3 0:06 4 full Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda: The Tempest https://qualla.com/sea-venture/ Photo credit Seavoyage1, CC BY-SA 4.0. William Strachey, secretary-elect of Virginia who was aboard the Sea Venture, wrote a detailed account of the wreck and the months in Bermuda. His letter, circulated privately in London before being published in 1625, described storms, supernatural sounds, and an enchanted island...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/t/f/0/sea-venture-wk/dtf0-sea-venture-the-shipwreck-that-founded-bermuda-the-tempest.mp3 0:06 5 full Sea Venture: The Shipwreck That Founded Bermuda: Bermuda Today https://qualla.com/sea-venture/ Photo credit Seavoyage1, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Sea Venture's hull remained on the reef until 1958, when marine archaeologist Teddy Tucker located the wreck site. Artifacts including coins, navigational instruments, and the ship's timbers were recovered. A replica of the Deliverance sits in St. George's, the settlement fou...

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