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
Rabbit Island, Falkland Islands very steep slopes up to to the north and west, but it slopes gently to the east. The highest points are about . It was heavily grazed by sheep in the past and there is an old shanty in the valley. Rats have been confirmed on the island. Rabbit Island, Falkland Islands Rabbit Island is one of the Falkland Islands in the Hummock Island group. It is near West Falkland, to its west, at the mouth of King George Bay. With a land area of square miles (1.78 km) it is the second largest of the three main islands in