The Golden Hinde

28/03/2021

The Golden Hinde

Get ready ready for some serious SPEED! Well.... As fast as a Tudor Galleon goes, which is around 4 nautical miles per hour... But you get the idea! Learn how to navigate a sailing ship with our 'Gadget Gallery' video! This episode introduces the 'Chip Log' - your essential kit for measuring speed and distance at sea...

Why do we measure speed at sea in 'knots'? What is a 'Chip Log'? And why, in the old days, did sailors throw bits of trees off the back of their ships? Find out the answers in our first 'Gadget Gallery' video... Your guide to the essential kit for sailing a Tudor galleon!
Discover more Golden Hinde videos here: https://buff.ly/2W0ybul

26/03/2021

THE VAULT | Official Trailer | Paramount Movies

The new heist thriller 'The Vault' sees a crack-team of burglars attempting to steal Francis Drake’s treasure from the Bank of Spain (using the World Cup as the perfect diversion!). A fab companion piece to the upcoming 'Uncharted' film!

Available in Theaters, on Digital and on Demand March 26Pre-order Now: https://vupulse.com/c/5816Freddie Highmore (“The Good Doctor”) and Famke Janssen (X-Me...

26/03/2021

#FlashbackFriday 1973. The main mast is fitted to The Golden Hinde at the Hinks’ shipyard in Appledore, Devon. Discover more astonishing pictures and first-hand recollections by the wonderful Alison Boyle - Administrator and daughter of lead Shipwright Alan Hinks here: https://buff.ly/37F9Vou

25/03/2021

Pirates of Execution Dock: Lost Valley of London

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is the folklore of our local places! The dreaded EXECUTION DOCK in Wapping, London is where #pirates were hanged for three-tides to overwhelm them... Including the infamous Captain Kidd in 1701! The terrifying practice was known as 'The Grace of Wapping' and if you survived; you were spared! The only problem being... Nobody did!

All aboard! In this episode, join me and my trusty band of adventurers as we set sail in search of Wapping's treasure. On the way we encounter pirates, ghost...

24/03/2021

Dramatic shots from The Golden Hinde's epic restoration project! Now entering its exciting final phase before we reopen later this year. If you'd like to contribute to this historic refurbishment of a London icon, please donate here: https://tinyurl.com/GoldenHindeRestore

22/03/2021

Introduction to the Golden Hinde with Anthony Lewis

A fantastic chat with Adventures In Historyland and his comprehensive video series! In this episode; The Golden Hinde talks to him about treasure, naval combat and Francis Drake's piratical antics! Check it out...
https://youtu.be/TD6jJSEDAYw

Historyland series 2 episode 1.Anthony Lewis brings his infectious enthusiasm to the table, introducing us to the Golden Hinde past and present. We also try ...

18/03/2021

Today's #FolkloreThursday theme is #sin! DAVY JONES is the sinful #pirate's DEVIL! "The fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep... Perching among the rigging on the eve of hurricanes, ship-wrecks and other disasters... Warning the devoted wretch of death and woe."
'Davy Jones' Locker' is an allusion to the sea-bed: the resting place for sinful sailors! Other legends say Davy is the cursed Duffer Jones; a clumsy captain who kept falling in the sea. Some say he was actually a pub landlord who press-ganged sailors... What do YOU think?!

16/03/2021

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15/03/2021

The Lost Pirate Kingdom | Official Trailer | Netflix

It’s landed… ‘The Lost Pirate Kingdom’ has arrived on Netflix! Join Anne Bonny, Blackbeard and a host of infamous #Pirates in this major documentary series… Featuring sumptuous location work filmed right here aboard the Golden Hinde! #HoistTheBlackFlag
https://youtu.be/BPvIa9NANlc

The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.SUBSCRIBE...

12/03/2021

The Golden Hinde

It's #FlashbackFriday and we're going all the way back to 1577... Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe (when the Golden Hinde was christened)! Our video introduces the famous voyage: a journey of discovery, scandal, piracy, rumblings of war... And stolen treasure!

Discover the historic voyage of the first English ship to sail around the globe in our new video series!

In 1577 England was known as a 'nation of pirates'. In this context, #FrancisDrake circumnavigated the world, returning three years later aboard The Golden Hinde - a ship laden with treasure and suddenly steeped in scandal...
But his violent actions and theft of unimaginable treasures contributed to growing tensions between England and Spain which would ultimately result in the Spanish Armada and war!
How did Drake's acts of piracy earn him a knighthood? In our first Circumnavigation video we meet the main players, entering a world of Elizabethan intrigue, where pirates, sea-battles and skullduggery await!

See more Golden Hinde videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3iEOYcy32bKV1ornxJ-Twg

11/03/2021

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is the folklore of #women. Meet the most successful pirate who ever lived: Ching Shih (1775-1844). She was in command of 1,200 ships and 75,000 pirates and had victories against the English, Portuguese and Chinese navies! She was so respected in battle, she became advisor to Lin Zexu in the opium wars...
#Pirate #Pirates #Swashbuckler #DontMessWithChingShih

11/03/2021

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is the folklore of #women. Meet Pirate Queen Sayidda al Hurra. Forced to flee her home in Granada by the Reconquista, she became "the undisputed leader of #pirates of the western Mediterranean" and the last person in Islamic history to hold the title al Hurra.
#PirateQueen

09/03/2021

It's us... On the cover of National Geographic! This special issue is all about #Pirates - and the cover story is by the fantastic Dr. Jamie L. H. Goodall! We're watching the horizon for the launch date: April 23rd! National Geographic Magazine

08/03/2021

This #InternationalWomensDay we’re celebrating the achievements of Mexican-American archaeologist, Zelia Nuttall, most famous for her incredibly important and highly influential work on pre-Aztec Mesoamerican societies and her championing of indigenous Mexican culture. But Nuttall also uncovered and compiled a number Inquisition records and other documents which provided invaluable insight into Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation and life onboard the Golden Hinde. They were published as ‘New Light On Drake’ in 1914.
So much of our work at the #GoldenHinde is indebted to her brilliant research. The sources in ‘New Light on Drake’ give us a glimpse into life onboard, the experiences of the crew and even Drake’s Spanish Prisoners.
#InternationalWomensDay2021 #IWD2021 #IWD #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM2021 #ZeliaNuttall

07/03/2021

#OnThisDay in 1530, King Henry VIII's divorce of Catherine of Aragon was denied by Pope Clement VII... Henry's subsequent break with the Catholic Church was an act that shook history: sparking religious reform, dissolving the monasteries, igniting wars - and eventual attempted invasion by the Spanish Armada itself! #CatherineOfAragon #HenryVIII #SpanishArmada

04/03/2021

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is #SeasandRivers. Legends are whispered that Francis Drake could control the elements through witchcraft.... Especially storms and (of course) water! 'Drake’s Leat' is a watercourse that supplied Plymouth with H2O from 1591 by tapping the river Meavy. #FrancisDrake himself was on the construction committee. According to legend, he bewitched a spring on Dartmoor “with magical words, and, starting away at a gallop, the stream followed his horse’s heels into the town.”

01/03/2021

#OnThisDay 1579, Francis Drake carried out its most infamous raid: the Spanish treasure ship Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, near Esmeraldas, Ecuador. It was Drake's richest plunder: around £480,000,000 in today's money - taking six days to transfer onto The Golden Hinde! Drake then had dinner with the captured ship's officers: gave them gifts appropriate to their rank and a letter of safe conduct... And let them go!

26/02/2021

#OnThisDay 1564 we celebrate the birthday of one of Elizabethan England's most legendary figures: proto-007 international spy, countercultural atheist and literary rival/drinking-buddy of William #Shakespeare.... Christopher 'Kit' Marlowe! Although his interactions with Francis Drake are not recorded, his life runs in poetic parallel... Marlowe was a spy for #QueenElizabethI while tensions with Spain were running high (in no small part due to Drake's ransacking of Spanish ships).... He also mentions Drake in his plays, whilst his anarchic antics put him in a love/hate relationship with the Queen's privy council, particularly Christopher Hatton, one of Drake's chief sponsors... Finally, Marlowe was allegedly killed (perhaps assassinated) in a bar-fight in Deptford, where the original Golden Hinde was dry-docked as a national treasure...

25/02/2021

Today's #FolkloreThursday theme is childhood, games & fun! Who remembers playing #Pirates as a kid? J. M. Barrie based the villains of #PeterPan on this phenomenon. In early drafts, Captain Hook was simply an occasional narrator during scene-changes: but evolved into the primary villain of the play!
Believe it or not, Peter Pan himself was originally going to fulfill the antagonist role; as a much more morally ambiguous anti-hero.... But the pirate character proved irresistible!

22/02/2021

The Golden Hinde - The Hinks Shipyard - By Alison Boyle

The Golden Hinde reconstruction was built at the legendary J. Hinks & Son shipyard in Appledore, Devon. Alison Boyle - Administrator and daughter of lead Shipwright Alan Hinks - has shared with us her astonishing memories and incredible photographs. Join us as we look back at one of the last great workshops of the industry...

#ShipshapeNetwork National Historic Ships UK

The Golden Hinde

18/02/2021

Build your own Golden Hinde, write your own #SeaShanty or hunt for hidden treasure! Just a few of the fun #HalfTermActivities for your little adventurers at home! Download our special Play Pack for #EYFS, #KS1 and #KS2 here:
https://buff.ly/2ONjT0x

18/02/2021

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is folklore of the skies and heavens, to tie in with NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover landing on Mars! A CROSS-STAFF was a navigation instrument used on the original Golden Hinde to determine a vessel's latitude. It was introduced to Tudor England by none other than astrologer, sorcerer and alchemist John Dee. Infamous court astronomer to Elizabeth I: his work spanned science and the occult. Much effort in his last 30 years went into trying to commune with angels...

18/02/2021

The Lost Pirate Kingdom | Official Trailer | Netflix

The Lost Pirate Kingdom! Anne Bonny, Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach and a host of infamous #Pirates feature in this major documentary series from Netflix! Debuting March 15, this series includes scenes shot right here aboard the Golden Hinde: can you spot us?!
https://buff.ly/3duL1f3

The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder the world's riches and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.SUBSCRIBE...

16/02/2021

Ahoy there! Looking for fun and engaging activities this #HalfTerm? Look no further than our Golden Hinde Play Pack! It’s got a barrel load of ideas to inspire your young sailors to play, create and make. You can find it here:
https://buff.ly/2ONjT0x
#HalfTermActivities #HalfTermFun #ArtsAndCrafts #Goldenhinde #Goldenhinde

16/02/2021

It's #PancakeDay - Tudor galleon style! That's traditional sailor's HARD TACK: flour and water, baked four times ("dense enough to stop a musket-ball"), left in storage for years then dunked in beer to soften it up (indeed sailors could make an actual pancake of sorts by frying the resultant mush). Often full of weevils and larvae.... Sounds DELICIOUS! Look at our crewmate Pete - see how much he's enjoying it!
Also known as dog-biscuits, molar-breakers, sheet-iron, tooth-dullers, armor-plates and worm-castles. Biscuits made for the #SpanishArmada campaign were rumoured to be issued as rations over 50 years later during the #EnglishCivilWar! Tastes as good as it sounds... #ShroveTuesday #GoodEating #GoldenHinde #Goldenhind #PlentyMoreWhereThatCameFrom

15/02/2021

It's 50 years since 'D-Day'... #OnThisDay in 1971, shillings, crowns & thruppenny bits were discontinued in favour of the decimal system. With them went the famous ha'penny displaying... The Golden Hinde! Luckily, there are still many depictions: like US! https://buff.ly/37dIKR9

12/02/2021

We're very honoured to be included in MSN's guide to The World's Most Beautiful Historic Ships. Congratulations to all the other magnificent vessels featured here! https://buff.ly/3qeye3T
#loveEXPLORING #MSN #HistoricShips #HistoricNationalShips #SailingShips #GoldenHinde

10/02/2021

“I was very impressed and would definitely recommend it to other teachers!”
- Cameron Porteous, Year 3 teacher, Dollis Primary School

Set sail on our 'Virtual Voyage'! With multimedia and live activities: our interactive workshops for #KS1 & #KS2 bring The Golden Hinde to life at home!
https://buff.ly/2UvzDmf

08/02/2021

#OnThisDay in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded for plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth! Mary's execution was the final catalyst for Philip II's planned invasion of England... The Spanish Armada!
#historyinthemaking #maryqueenofscots #spanisharmada #history #philipII

05/02/2021

The Golden Hinde

Are your little #pirates feeling lost at sea? Those ne’er do wells at The #GoldenHinde have boatloads of ‘Arrrts and Craaffts’ videos to inspire them!
In this episode, kids can put together their own #pirate crew! With a cardboard-tube, some colours and a little imagination; they’ll create a proper scurvy knave in no time.... AarrRrrRRrr!
See more Golden Hinde #ArtsAndCrafts videos here: https://buff.ly/2Wpe5e9
#Crafts #ArtsAndCrafts #MuseumFromHome #PirateCrew

Put together your own pirate crew! With a cardboard-tube, some colours and a little imagination, you'll create a proper scurvy-knave in no time.... Arrrr!
Check out more Golden Hinde craft ideas here... https://buff.ly/2VPRTJk

02/02/2021

From the top of the Golden Hinde's foremast to the floor of St Mary Overie Dock (now a working Shipyard for our Restoration). That's quite a view! #ICanSeeMyHouseFromUpHere #ShipshapeNetwork

01/02/2021

“Such a memorable and exciting day for our kids... this has definitely been a highlight of their year!”
- Debika Whittington, Year 3 & 4 Phase Leader, Dollis Primary School

Set sail on our 'Virtual Voyage'! With multimedia and live activities: our interactive workshops for #KS1 & #KS2 bring The Golden Hinde to life at home!
https://buff.ly/2UvzDmf

28/01/2021

View the Armada Maps

The National Museum of the Royal Navy have successfully campaigned and raised £600,000 to keep the earliest surviving maps of the 1588 #SpanishArmada naval battles. See the 10 #ArmadaMaps (by an unknown draughtsman, possibly from the Netherlands) following the skirmishes in real-time here:
https://www.nmrn.org.uk/membership-fundraising/armada-maps/view-armada-maps

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28/01/2021

#OnThisDay 1596, #FrancisDrake died of dysentery at age 50. From an eerily prophetic childhood living in the hulk of a ship by the River Medway, to his circumnavigation of the world aboard the #GoldenHinde, to his battle against the Spanish Armada, to his final burial in a lead-lined coffin off the coast of Panama (still lost to this day): he remains a complex, controversial figure. Discover more here...
https://buff.ly/39okltK

25/01/2021

Pole Arms

Prepare to be boarded! Our latest 'Gadget Gallery' video introduces the mighty POLE ARM - the premier weapon for Elizabethan sailors to fend off pirates and enemy soldiers!
See more Golden Hinde videos here...
https://youtube.com/channel/UC3iEOYcy32bKV1ornxJ-Twg