Ann Davison then Inchfad on Loch Lomond. In 2017 a blue plaque recognizing Ann was unveiled at Mere Brook House (where Ann lived from 1939) which is near Thornton Hough, Wirral. Davison had no children. Ann Davison Ann Davison (1914 – 1992) was, at the age of 39, the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean. She departed Plymouth, England in her 23-foot boat "Felicity Ann" on 18 May 1952. She landed in Brittany, Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands, before setting sail across the Atlantic on 20 November 1952, aiming to make land-fall in Antigua. In the event storms pushed
Felicity Ann Felicity Ann Felicity Ann is the wooden sloop sailed in 1952–1953 by Ann Davison in the first singlehanded transatlantic crossing by a woman. The vessel was designed and built by Mashfords Brothers Ltd at the Cremyll Shipyard in Cornwall, England. When construction commenced in 1939 the boat was originally built under the name "Peter Piper", but, delayed by World War II, it was launched in 1949 as "Felicity Ann". It was purchased by Ann Davison in 1952, using funds from her book detailing the sailing misadventure that resulted in her husband's death, "Last Voyage". In 1956 her story of the