The Golden Hind
Flagship of Sir Francis Drake

• Flagship of Sir Francis Drake
• Typical 16th Century English Galleon
• Originally named Pelican
• Circumnavigated the globe between 1577 and 1580
• She was renamed The Golden Hind on 20 August, 1578, during the circumnavigation in honor of Drake’s benefactor and patron, Sir Christopher Hatton
• Drake used The Golden Hind to capture several Spanish ships with the “blessing” of Queen Elizabeth
  
• The Spanish considered Drake a pirate; England considered him a "privateer"
  
• The ship was retired in 1580, and by order of Queen Elizabeth, was made into a “museum ship” from 1580 till 1650
• She was so badly rotten away by 1650 that she was broken up
• A replica of her exists today on the Thames in London