Maritime museums · South Wales
Matthew
Matthew in Wales South, United Kingdom.
Keith Edkins — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Matthew is a preserved museum ship in Wales South, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
Matthew was a caravel sailed by John Cabot in 1497 from Bristol to Newfoundland, North America. There are two modern replicas – one in Bristol, England (built 1994–1996) and one in Bonavista, Newfoundland (built 1997–1998).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Lack of clear documentation has been a problem in studying the history of Matthew. Even its name has been questioned, with some authors suggesting that it was actually named Mattea after Cabot's wife. Until the 1950s, all that was known about its size is that it was a small ship carrying about 18 men, but the discovery of a letter from a Bristol merchant named John Day written in 1497 saying that "in his voyage he had only one ship of fifty 'toneles' and twenty men and food for seven or eight months" provided more certainty about its size. The age of the ship is also uncertain. The name Matthew does not appear in the 1492/3 customs accounts, so it was either fairly new or an older ship…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4476, -2.5994
- District
- Bristol, City of
- Parish
- Bristol, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- BS1 4RN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bristol Central
- Official site
- matthew.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6789817 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Matthew (1497 ship) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Matthew?
- Matthew is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS1 4RN), in the parish of Bristol, City of, unparished area.
- Who owns Matthew?
- Matthew is owned by |operator=.
- How do I get to Matthew?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BS1 4RN. It sits within the Bristol Central parliamentary constituency.