George Somers Tempest". During their time on the islands, the crew and passengers built a church and houses, the start of the Bermuda colony. Somers and Sir Thomas Gates oversaw the construction of two small ships, the "Deliverance" and the "Patience." They were built from local timber (Bermuda Cedar) and the salvaged spars and rigging of the wrecked "Sea Venture." In May 1610 the ships set sail for Jamestown, with the surviving 142 castaways on board taking food from the island. When they reached the settlement, they found it nearly destroyed by the famine and disease of what has been called the
Daryl Somers Daryl Somers Daryl Paul Somers, OAM (born Daryl Schulz, 6 August 1951 in Geelong, Victoria) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program "Hey Hey It's Saturday" and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program "Dancing with the Stars". In 2018, Somers was honoured by Australian Post by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps. Somers was educated at the Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda. A drummer, he joined a group