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Rhone

Steamship (period Unassigned)-(1940)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rhone as Steamship (period Unassigned)-(1940). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Rhone* was a British steamship that sank on 24 October 1891 after striking the Rhone Rock, a reef off the coast of Mauritius. The ship was en route from London to Port Louis when it was caught in a cyclone, resulting in the loss of 217 lives and significant cargo.

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