 Although some of the ships did make it to Jamestown, the leaders, and most of the supplies had been aboard "Sea Venture", which fought the storm for three days before Admiral of the Company, Sir George Somers, deliberately drove it onto the reefs of Bermuda to prevent its foundering.This allowed all aboard to be landed safely.The survivors (including Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Gates, Captain Christopher Newport, Sylvester Jordain, Stephen Hopkins, later of "Mayflower", and secretary William Strachey) were stranded on Bermuda for approximately nine months.