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==History== ''Susan Constant'' was rated at 120 [[Tonnage|tons]]. Its keel length is estimated at {{convert|55.2|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}. The overall length from tip of its bowsprit to stern is estimated at {{convert|116|ft}}. On the 1606β1607 voyage, it carried 71 colonists, all male, including [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]].<ref>The Great Rogue by Noel Gerson</ref><ref name="historyisfun">[http://historyisfun.org/pdf/Jamestown-Ships/Ships_brochure_2011.pdf Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center: Jamestown Settlement Ships]</ref> On June 22, 1607, [[Christopher Newport]] sailed back for London with ''Susan Constant'' and ''Godspeed'' carrying a load of supposedly precious minerals, leaving behind the 104 colonists and ''Discovery'' (to be used in exploring the area). ''Susan Constant'', which had been a rental ship that had customarily been used as a freight transport, did not return to Virginia again. She later served as a merchant ship through at least 1615. Her fate is unknown.
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