This week Neil is taking us aboard the Golden Hind, a legendary ship that sailed around the world and into history.
In 16th century Aldeburgh, which was then an important east-coast port, shipbuilders set to work building a vessel that was to have a profound influence on British history.
Once completed and seaworthy Francis Drake and his crew climbed aboard and set sail on an epic 3 year voyage to circumnavigate the globe. On its return the ship was full to bursting with gold, silver and precious jewels, and Francis Drake received a hero’s welcome and the thanks of his queen, Elizabeth I.
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89 Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace
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87 A graveyard beneath the sea, Scapa Flow
86 Remembering the Dead, The Cenotaph
85 Your Country Needs You! World War I
84 World War I, Isle of Skye
83 Titanic, Belfast
82 Breeding Babies for Success, Cardiff
81 Great British Seaside, Scarborough
80 A Deadly Tug of War! Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
79 Splitting the Atom, Rutherford building, Manchester
78 Great Victorian Endeavour, White Cliffs of Dover, Kent
77 Disaster at sea! Eyemouth, Berwickshire
76 Ireland’s Teardrop, Fastnet Rock
75 The Great Hunger - An Gorta Mór, County Cork
74 The Tolpuddle Martyrs, Dorset
73 Discovering Dinosaurs, The Jurassic Coast, Dorset
72 The Bronte Sisters, Haworth, Yorkshire
71. Saving Lives at Sea, Smalls Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire
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