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Summary:A replica of the ship Golden Hind - on which Sir Francis Drake sailed round the world four hundred years ago - set out on its maiden voyage on August 17 1973. This magnificent ship was built for a group of American entrepreneurs at a cost of more than a quarter of a million pounds sterling. This replica Golden Hind is now moored permanently in San Francisco.
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