{{Short description|Island in the Great Sound of Bermuda}}
{{Short description|Island in the Great Sound of Bermuda}}
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[[File:RAF Darell’s Island.jpg|thumb|300px|RAF ”’Darrell’s Island”’ during [[World War II]].]]
[[File:RAF Darell’s Island.jpg|thumb|300px|RAF ”’Darrell’s Island”’ during [[World War II]].]]
”’Darrell’s Island”’ is a small island within the [[Great Sound, Bermuda|Great Sound]] of [[Bermuda]]. It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is in the north of [[Warwick Parish, Bermuda|Warwick Parish]]. The island is owned by the Bermuda Government.
”’Darrell’s Island”’ is a small island within the [[Great Sound, Bermuda|Great Sound]] of [[Bermuda]]. It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is in the north of [[Warwick Parish, Bermuda|Warwick Parish]]. The island is owned by the Bermuda Government.
==Early history==
==Early history==
[[File:1622 Richard Norwood Map from 1616-1622 First Survey of the Somers Isles (alias Bermuda).jpg|thumb|Richard Norwood’s 1621 map of Bermuda|alt=Richard Norwood’s 1621 map of Bermuda]]
The 1621 version of [[Richard Norwood]]’s map of Bermuda shows Darrell’s Island at that time appears to have been called ”Captain Tucker’s Island” (””Ca. Turker Iland””) presumably for Captain [[Governor of Bermuda#List of governors of Bermuda|Daniel Tucker]] (Governor of Bermuda from 1616 to 1619). What is now known as [[Hinson’s Island, Bermuda|Hinson’s Island]] is shown on the same map as Darrell’s Island (””Dorrel Iland””). The islands of the Great Sound were part of the [[Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda|Royal Naval land purchases]] in Bermuda following the [[American Revolutionary War|American War of Independence]]. The Royal Navy used the islands for various purposes in the 19th century. Darrell’s Island was also used as a [[Quarantine|quarantine station]]. During the [[Second Boer War]], it was used (along with several of its neighbours) as a [[prisoner of war]] camp.
The 1621 version of [[Richard Norwood]]’s map of Bermuda shows Darrell’s Island at that time appears to have been called ”Captain Tucker’s Island” (””Ca. Turker Iland””) presumably for Captain [[Governor of Bermuda#List of governors of Bermuda|Daniel Tucker]] (Governor of Bermuda from 1616 to 1619). What is now known as [[Hinson’s Island, Bermuda|Hinson’s Island]] is shown on the same map as Darrell’s Island (””Dorrel Iland””). The islands of the Great Sound were part of the [[Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda|Royal Naval land purchases]] in Bermuda following the [[American Revolutionary War|American War of Independence]]. The Royal Navy used the islands for various purposes in the 19th century. Darrell’s Island was also used as a [[Quarantine|quarantine station]]. During the [[Second Boer War]], it was used (along with several of its neighbours) as a [[prisoner of war]] camp.
==Modern history==
==Modern history==
In 1936, [[Imperial Airways]] built an air station on Darrell’s Island. This operated as a staging point on scheduled trans-Atlantic flights by Imperial Airways and [[Pan American World Airways|Pan American]]. The island was taken over as [[Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–45)|Royal Air Force Bermuda]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. After the war, it returned to civil operation until air services moved to new land-based facilities at [[Kindley Air Force Base|Kindley Field]] (now [[Bermuda International Airport]]). Subsequently, Darrell’s Island was briefly used for film location work.
In 1936, [[Imperial Airways]] built an air station on Darrell’s Island. This operated as a staging point on scheduled trans-Atlantic flights by Imperial Airways and [[Pan American World Airways|Pan American]]. The island was taken over as [[Royal Air Force, Bermuda (1939–45)|Royal Air Force Bermuda]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. After the war, it returned to civil operation until air services moved to new land-based facilities at [[Kindley Air Force Base|Kindley Field]] (now [[Bermuda International Airport]]). Subsequently, Darrell’s Island was briefly used for film location work.
==See also ==
==See also ==
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030219063506/http://www.geocities.com/gpvillain/darrells.html RAF Darrell’s Island]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030219063506/http://www.geocities.com/gpvillain/darrells.html RAF Darrell’s Island]
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