Wreck of RMS Rhone
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 18.4° N, 64.5° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect an archaeological site
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
Lost in 1867, 159 years ago: underwater cultural heritage.
Legal basis: UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001).
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 80%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
RMS Rhone was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands on 29 October 1867 in a hurricane, killing 123 people. She is now a popular Caribbean wreck dive site.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
About this wreck
RMS Rhone is a recorded shipwreck site. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
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