* Astronomy

The Speedwell was a 60-ton ship, the smaller of the two ships (along with Mayflower) intended to carry the Pilgrim Fathers to North America. A vessel of the same name and size travelled to the New World seventeen years prior as the flagship of the first expedition of Martin Pring.
The Leiden Separatists bought or leased the ship Speedwell in Holland, and are said to have boarded it on 22 July - 1 August, 1620 at Delfshaven under the command of Captain John Thomas Chappell. They then sailed to Southampton, England to meet the sister ship, Mayflower, which had been chartered by the merchant investors. In Southampton they joined with other Separatists and the additional colonists hired by the investors.
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Ed ~ On 22 July (new style: 1 August) 1620 the Speedwell set sail from Delfshaven to Southampton.