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
Money Island, Paracel Islands 1815 when the commander Phạm Quang Ảnh led the expedition to the islands in the reign of Emperor Gia Long. Claim to the island, as part of the Paracels, has been made by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam. While the island is uninhabited, patrols are made by the Navy of the People's Republic of China, who have built a fisherman's rest area there. It is believed that the south channel was cut by Chinese naval personnel. Money Island, Paracel Islands Money Island(; and ) is the southwesternmost island in the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands archipelago. It