SS Christopher Newport 1942
Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | SS Christopher Newport | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1942 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Sea / ocean | Barents Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | 75.8167, 25.2500 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Christopher Newport was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Christopher Newport, who was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of Susan Constant, the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company, in 1607, on the way to found the settlement at Jamestown, in the Virginia Colony, which became the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also in overall command of the other two ships on that initial voyage, in order of their size, Godspeed and Discovery.
He made several voyages of supply between England and Jamestown; in 1609, he became Captain of the Virginia Company's new supply ship, Sea Venture, which met a hurricane during the Third Supply mission, and was shipwrecked on the archipelago of Bermuda.
Location
- Recorded position: 75.8167, 25.2500 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Barents Sea
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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