Mayflower II Sailors See Last Of Britain
(Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, April 22. The Mayflower 11, replica of the Pilgrim Fathers’ ship, now on her way to the United States, saw the last of Britain early this morning. She was sighted by coast guards 15 miles south-east of the Lizard, off the southern coast of Cornwall. The square-rigged ship had her sails full set and she was making a steady three or four knots in a light northerly wind. Mr William Knight, coast guard at the Lizard, said: “On her course, she has seen the last of
land until she approaches her destination.”
Before she finally disappeared into the haze, Mr Knight flashed a (message to her. It was in the form of a poem which he had written for the occasion. It was: Sail on, sail on, oh pilgrims free, In treasure’s chest, man’s destiny. Your course is “true” on each degree, Faith, hope and charity. The flashing of the message was the last those on board the Mayflower could have seen of Britain. A few minutes later she disappeared in the early morning haze.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28259, 23 April 1957, Page 11
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