A model of the Golden Hind firing a salute in Plymouth harbour in 1936.
Originally named Pelican, she was Drake's flagship on his cir***navigation in 1577-1581. She carried eight guns, and had a complement of over eighty.
The yards at that time were lowered to the deck, respectively to the tops, to
This is a replica of Sir Francis Drakes ship Golden Hind. In the 1970's she was normally moored at Fishermans Warf in San Francisco. The ship was also used in the Movie industry, here she was being towed back to Frisco from Mexico, were she had been used in a film, we passed her while we were on the