the Virginia Company, which was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609, accidentally beginning Bermuda's settlement. Ordnance Island was the starting and finishing point of Dodge Morgan's record-breaking 1985-1986 non-stop, solo circumnavigation of the planet aboard the American Promise. The Major Donald H. (Bob) Burns Memorial Park on the island includes the Desmond Hale Fountain statue of Admiral Sir George Somers (credited as the founder of Bermuda, and at the helm of the Sea Venture when she was driven on the reefs) which was unveiled by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in 1984, during the 375th anniversary of the shipwrecking. The Memorial Park was unveiled on 20 April 1997 during the Twinning Ceremonies with Lyme Regis. See also United States Navy submarine bases World War II United States Merchant Navy References Islands of Bermuda Installations of the British Army Military of Bermuda World War II sites in Bermuda World War II sites of the United Kingdom World War II sites of the United States St. George's, Bermuda Closed installations of the United States Navy Closed installations of the United States Army