Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, commemorated on the Virginia State Quarter.

The stern of the replicated Susan Constant, located in Jamestown Settlement.

Her keel length is estimated at 55.2 feet (16.8 meters). Her overall length from tip to stern is estimated at 116 feet.

She returned to England in May 1607. She served as a merchant ship through, at least, 1615. Her fate is not known.

Replicas of the Susan Constant and her sisters, the Godspeed and the Discovery, are docked in the James River at Jamestown Settlement (formerly Jamestown Festival Park), adjacent to Historic Jamestowne.

The name Sarah Constant has been cited, and is shown as being the name noted on the earliest document,^[2] leading to a belief that Samuel Purchas^[3] had the name wrong in his Pilgrims book.^[4] There is growing support for the name Sarah Constant.^[5]

In May 2007, the United States Postal Service issued the first 41 cent denomination first class stamp. The stamp had an image of the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery.

See also

• Ship replica (including a list of ship replicas)

References

Further reading

• Brian Lavery, The Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant 1605, Conway Maritime Press 1988
• David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown, Alfred A. Knopf 2003 (chapter 2)

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