The English ship <i id="mwiA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Venture" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sea Venture">Sea Venture</a></i>, en route to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a>, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.