Editing Plymouth Sound (section)

=== Notable events ===
* The English Fleet assembled in 1355: by Edward of Woodstock, the [[Black Prince]], [[Duke of Cornwall]], departed to the [[Battle of Poitiers (1356)|Battle of Poitiers]]
* The ''[[Golden Hind|Pelican]]'' 15 November 1577: departed on [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]]'s [[Francis Drake#Circumnavigation (1577–1580)|circumnavigation]]
* The ''[[Mayflower]]'' 1620, bearing the [[Pilgrim Fathers]]
[[File:HMS Bellerophon and Napoleon.jpg|thumb|right|''Scene in Plymouth Sound in August 1815'' by [[John James Chalon|J. J. Chalon]], oil on canvas]]
* The ill-fated [[Cádiz expedition (1625)|Cádiz expedition]] of 1625 and [[siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré]] of 1627. Returning servicemen brought disease and looting to Plymouth reducing its population by over 20%<ref name="Photiou">{{cite book |last=Photiou |first=Philip | title= Plymouth's Forgotten War: The Great Rebellion, 1642-1646 |year= 2005 |pages=14–15 |isbn=0-7223-3669-1 }}</ref>
* The first recorded [[submarine]] fatality in history occurred in the Sound in June 1774, when a [[carpenter]] named [[John Day (carpenter)|John Day]] perished north of Drake's Island while testing a wooden diving chamber attached to the sloop ''Maria''.<ref name="Ecott">{{cite book |first=Tim |last=Ecott |title=Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World |publisher=[[Atlantic Monthly Press]] |location=[[New York City|New York]] |year=2001 |isbn=0-87113-794-1 |lccn=2001018840 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/neutralbuoyancy00time_0 }}</ref>
* Following his surrender to Captain [[Frederick Lewis Maitland (Royal Navy rear-admiral)|Frederick Maitland]] of {{HMS|Bellerophon|1786|6}} off [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime|Rochefort]] in 1815, [[Napoleon]] was taken to Plymouth Sound where he remained on board, 26 July – 4 August, while his future was decided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC2876|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110801230950/www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC2876|archive-date=2011-08-01|title=Napoleon Bonaparte on Board the 'Bellerophon' in Plymouth Sound (BHC2876)|website=[[National Maritime Museum]]}}</ref> This event caused a local and national sensation as thousands took to the water; several paintings in London's [[National Maritime Museum]] document the event, such as the one shown here.
* On 27 December 1831, {{HMS|Beagle}} set off from anchorage in the Barn Pool, under [[Mount Edgcumbe Country Park|Mount Edgecumbe]] on the west side of Plymouth Sound, on her [[Second voyage of HMS Beagle|second survey voyage]], captained by [[Robert FitzRoy]] with [[Charles Darwin]] on board.<ref>FitzRoy, R. 1839. ''Narrative'', p. [http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F10.2&pageseq=65 42].<br />Keynes, R. D. ed. 2001. ''Charles Darwin's Beagle diary'', pp [http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F1925&pageseq=36 4–17]</ref>
* Departing on 27 August 1966 and arriving on 28 May 1967, [[Francis Chichester]] became the first person to sail [[single-handed sailing|single-handed]] around the world by the [[clipper route]].

The Sound has been the site of a number of aircraft crashes and [[shipwreck]]s:
* ''[[Die Fraumetta Catharina von Flensburg]]'', a 53-ton [[brigantine]], sank near Drake's Island in December 1786.
* [[P&O]] ship ''Nepaul'' sank on the Shagstone in December 1890.
* A [[Short Sunderland]] flying boat crashed while landing in bad weather on 15 October 1939, killing four of the eleven passengers and crew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19391015-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Short Sunderland I N9030 Plymouth Sound, Devon}}</ref> 
* A [[Short Sunderland]] flying boat crashed in March 1942 between the Breakwater Fort and the breakwater lighthouse killing five passengers.
* In February 1943, a [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster]] bomber hit the cable of a [[barrage balloon]] and crashed without survivors on the return from a raid on the [[U-boat]] pens at [[Lorient]].
* In 1970, the ''[[Glen Strathallan]]'' luxury steam yacht was scuttled near the Shagstone as a site for [[scuba diving]]. This ship's triple expansion [[steam engine]] is now on display in the [[Science Museum, London]].