RMS Rhone
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The
steamer Rhone was laid down at Millwall Iron Works in
London, and launched in 1865. She was put in service as a
mail ship for Royal Mail Steam Packet Company between
England and Caribbean. 29.October 1867 she laid at anchor
in Great Harbor outside Peter Island, when a hurricane
swept over the island. She tried to set sail and head out
of the storm but was thrown towards shore at Salt Island
where she soon broke in two parts. Over hundred people
lost their lives in the accident, and the battered remains
rest today on a depth of 12 to 25 meter in Le Bay on the
west side of Salt Island.
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18° 22' 7.32" N 64° 32'
8.16" W
( Source: Shipwreck World )  Picture: RMS Rhone Originally from skovheim.org |
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