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Commanded by Admiral George Sumers ran ashore on Bermuda, where the passengers and crew founded a British Colony

Admiral Sir George Somers (1554 1610) was a Privateer English naval hero, knighted for his achievements and the Admiral of the Virginia Company. He achieved renown as part of an expedition led by Sir Amyas Preston against the Spanish fleet in 1595 during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War.

Born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in 1554, George was the son of John Somers and his wife. From a young age, he became a skilled and well-known seaman and owned at least one ship, the Julian, whose home port was Lyme Regis.

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