Maryland Dove
The replica 17th Century English merchantmen pinnace "Maryland Dove" at St. Mary's City, Maryland, constructed for state 350th Anniversary, 1975-1978.
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| Name: | "Maryland Dove" |
| Owner: | State of Maryland |
| Operator: | Historic St. Mary's City Commission |
| Ordered: | 1975 |
| Builder: | James B. Richardson, shipyard, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland |
| Laid down: | 1975 |
| Launched: | August 14, 1978 |
| Commissioned: | October 8, 1978 |
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| Tons burthen: | 40 |
| Length: | 76 feet (23 meters) overall, and 56 ft (17 m) on deck. |
| Beam: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Draft: | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
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Maryland Dove is a re-creation/replica of the Dove, a late 17th century English trading ship, one of two ships which made up the first expedition from England to the Province of Maryland. The modern Dove was designed by the naval architect and naval historian William A. Baker.
Launched in 1978, Maryland Dove is 56 feet in length on deck, and 76 feet overall with a displacement of 42 tons. She was built by James B. Richardson in a shipyard near Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County. Her home port is St. Mary's City, Maryland. The ship is owned by the State of Maryland and operated/maintained by the Historic St. Mary's City Commission. She was commissioned October 8, 1978 with Captain Thomas Doyle of Valley Lee, Maryland as her first licensed Master.
The first expedition from England to the planned colony of Maryland was undertaken by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, (1605-1675), and consisted of two ships that had formerly belonged to his father, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, (1579-1632): the Ark and the Dove. The two ships departed Gravesend, in Kent off the English Channel, with 128 settlers on board and, after being chased down and brought back by the British Royal Navy so that the departing settlers could take an oath of allegiance to the King of England as required by law, sailed in October 1633 for the Isle of Wight (between England and France) to pick up more settlers.
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