Ahoy! Father buys ‘golden’ birthday gift for son

An Irish businessman bought the replica of one of the world’s most famous ships because his young son wanted to celebrate his birthday party onboard it.

Sean Twomey, who is originally from the village of Meelin in North Cork, paid €222,461 (£195,000) to purchase the almost to-scale replica of the Golden Hind ship.

The original was captained by Sir Francis Drake and once captured a Spanish galleon which was carrying treasure worth nearly €600m in today’s terms.