Vintage Real Photo Postcard. The "Virginia of Sagadahock" ship model. Divided back, Defender stampbox, unused. Condition: Excellent condition. Comments: The Virginia (also known as Virginia of Sagadahoc) was a pinnace built in 1607-08 by colonists at the Popham Colony. She was the first English-built ship in what is now Maine and possibly in all of the English-colonized areas of North America. Little is known about the details of her architecture, but written accounts of the colony and historical records of similar ships suggest that Virginia was a pinnace that displaced about 30 tons and measured somewhat less than 50' (15m) long, with a beam of 14' 6" (4.42m). She had a flush main deck, drew about 6'6" (2m) fully loaded, and had a freeboard of less than 2' (0.6m). A demonstration of the new colony's ability to build ships, Virginia was built at the mouth of the Kennebec River in what is now Phippsburg, Maine. The ship was a project of the Plymouth Company, branch of the proprietary Virginia Company, on land England claimed as belonging to the Virginia.