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The town is dominated by the Royal Navy Officer Training college ( Britannia Royal Naval College) and all officers of the Royal Navy, as well as many foreign navies, are trained there.
Henry Hudson put into Dartmouth on his return from America, and was promptly arrested for sailing under foreign flag.The Pilgrim Fathers put into Dartmouth's Bayard's Cove, en-route from Southampton to America. They rested a while before setting off on their journey in the Mayflower and the Speedwell on the 20th August 1620. About 300 miles west of Land's EndFor the clothing retailer, see Lands' End. Land's End is a promontory on the Penwith peninsula, located near Penzance, Cornwall, at the extreme south-western tip of the island of Great Britain. Land's End is the most western part of mainland England (thou, they realised that the Speedwell was unseaworthy and returned to PlymouthThis article is about Plymouth, England. For articles about other uses of Plymouth, see Plymouth (disambiguation). Plymouth (Latitude: 50°25N, Longitude: 4°5W) is a city and unitary authority in South West England, situated in the traditional county of De. The Mayflower departed alone to complete the crossing to Cape Cod. Thomas NewcomenThomas Newcomen (baptized February 24, 1664- August 5, 1729), blacksmith and inventor though he called himself an 'ironmonger' was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England. In 1712 Newcomen, with his business partner Thomas Savery, built an atmospheric steam eng, the inventor of the Steam pumping engine was born in Dartmouth in 1663Events July 8 Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island. July 27 The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English.