Talk:Mayflower

The Flag

I saw that there was a message saying not to change the flag, but is this accurate? From my understanding, this ship never sailed under anything other than the English flag (white field with Red Cross) and never the Great Britain/Union flag. Digital Herodotus (talk) 16:21, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

It seems that there was a royal decree dated 1606 that ordered both flags be joined together, see:Union_Jack#History, but according to the decree, it wasn't the blend used 1707-1801, but both flag being sewn together, the english one upside in England, the scottish one upside in Scotland. at least, that's what i undestood.

SuperHéraut (talk) 16:57, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

The Pennsylvania Mayflower Society says it's the 1606 Union Flag.[1] StAnselm (talk) 17:31, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

The flag that was flown on the Pilgrims'ship,The Mayflower would have been the flag of England. The flag is officialy called the St George's Cross and is white with a red cross. TrueBlueOwl86 (talk) 08:56, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Completely agree, wrong flag. The United Kingdom of Great Britain didn’t exist until 1707 thus the flag currently shown didn’t exist either at that time. Someone is looking at the of the U.K. through the lense of England once again, thinking that they are synonyms. 92.238.86.82 (talk) 17:44, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

No it was originally the Kings Colours before it became the flag of the Union in 1707. The Kings Colours were used by naval an merchant vessels at sea from 1606. Naval flags frequently differ from country flags. Canterbury Tail talk 17:49, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Mayflower arrival

Consideration:

The first reports of the Mayflower by the indigenous was in the month of December.

The reported date of O.S. November 11th would suggest they waited to make their way inland.

At the time they arrived waiting for twenty days was prohibited and their cargo would have reflected this by expiring less they we're underfunded.

The history they had a funding increase close to their departure suggests they would have departed a day later than reported and their provisions would have been the grade reflecting England's economic system.

The indigenous report strongly suggests they would also have had the support of England of their endeavor despite a hostile native population.

I stand by my recent edit that they arrived on or after the 13th with a two-day margin for error. SPiZlE (talk) 18:18, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Please read WP:OR Meters (talk) 19:35, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

America did not exist in the 1600’s

Please make the correction as it is widely known America did not exist in the 1600’s as a country. 2600:4040:523E:7E00:C0D4:8560:F89B:8010 (talk) 18:32, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

It was the United States that did not exist as a country, but the article gives no indication that it did. StAnselm (talk) 18:45, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 October 2023

In the right info bar, change Fate from 'taken apart by Rotherhithe' to 'taken apart in Rotherhithe' Project curvepoint (talk) 23:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: "by" is referring to the shipbreaker located in Rotherhithe, not Rotherhithe itself. Tollens (talk) 00:09, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

I see you attempted to make an edit to this question, though it didn't appear to work – if you meant something different please feel free to reactivate the request. Tollens (talk) 00:10, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Pilgrims?

they were called the Pilgrim Fathers, not just the Pilgrims. 86.27.114.142 (talk) 03:24, 23 October 2023 (UTC)