The <i id="mwbQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayflower">Mayflower</a></i> departs from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Southampton">Southampton</a>, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the <i id="mwcA">Speedwell</i>, springs a leak.<sup about="#mwt35" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Landis1998"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Landis1998-5"}}' id="cite_ref-Landis1998_5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_5#cite_note-Landis1998-5" id="mwcQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcg">[5]</span></a></sup>