<Tr> <Td> Sail plan: </Td> <Td> 3 - masted ship </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armament: </Td> <Td> 2 × 3 - pounder minion stern chasers </Td> </Tr> <P> Mayflower II is a replica of the 17th - century ship Mayflower, celebrated for transporting the Pilgrims to the New World . The replica was built in Devon, England during 1955--1956, in a collaboration between Englishman Warwick Charlton and Plimoth Plantation, an American museum . The work drew upon reconstructed ship blueprints held by the American museum, along with hand construction by English shipbuilders' using traditional methods . Mayflower II was sailed from Plymouth, Devon on April 20, 1957, recreating the original voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, under the command of Alan Villiers . According to the ship's log, Mayflower II was towed up the East River into New York City on Monday, July 1, 1957 . Afterwards, Villiers and crew received a ticker - tape parade in New York City . </P> <P> The ship was built at the Upham Shipyard in Brixham and financed by private donations in England and the Plimouth Plantation . It represented the alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States for collaboration during the Second World War . The ship is considered a faithful generic replica within a few details (electric lights added and ladder replaced with a lower - deck staircase), with solid oak timbers, tarred hemp rigging, and hand - coloured maps . It is 106 ft (32 m) long by 25 ft (7.6 m) wide, 236 tons displacement, three masts (mainmast, foremast, mizzen), a bowsprit and 6 sails . </P>

Replica of the mayflower which carried the plymouth pioneers