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
West Sister Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) located about 250 m to the northeast, comprise the group called The Sisters. They belong to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Territory of India. West Sister Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) 8West Sister Island or Te-joma-de is a small uninhabited island in the Andaman Archipelago, at the northern side of the Duncan Passage, about 6 km southeast of Passage Island and 18 km north of North Brother. The island is pear-shaped, about 380 m long in the NE-SW direction and 340 m wide at the base. It is mostly covered by forest, and has a rocky shore all around, except