"You and your ship are, of course, well known among my people."
This was the first ship known to sail around the world.
The ships were known simply as the "535 class" after their length in feet.
The ship is best known for being sunk by Germany.
There are at least several other ships known to have used the name Griffin in the following centuries.
Between 1790 and 1844 more than thirty ships were known to have been wrecked in the area.
The ship was at first known as the Eagle.
The ship known in 1827 as Guerrero was heavily armed.
He rules from a gigantic ship, known as the Buccaneer.
French ships quickly became known as the aristocrats of the ocean, and were very successful.