Talk:Experiment (ship)

The Experiment merchant ship in 1661
A merchant ship called The Experiment was also mentioned in Pepys' diary in 1661-2

"24th. Early Sir G. Carteret, both Sir Williams and I on board the Experiment, to dispatch her away, she being to carry things to the Madeiras with the East Indy fleet." easytiger (talk) 05:07, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Note this is 24th May 1661 easytiger (talk) 05:09, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Further to this a few years later he actually encounters another of the same name

"""I out again, and tooke boat down to Redriffe; and just in time within two minutes, and saw the new vessel of Sir William Petty's launched, the King and Duke being there. [Pepys was wrong as to the name of Sir William Petty's new doublekeeled boat. On February 13th, 1664-65, he gives the correct title, which was "The Experiment."] It swims and looks finely, and I believe will do well. The name I think is Twilight, but I do not know certainly."" easytiger (talk) 05:12, 1 August 2019 (UTC)