The wreck of the La Fortune

Earliest 9/11 disaster at Mossel Bay

On 11 September 1763, A French man-of-war named the La Fortune on its return journey from Reunion was not so fortunate and was wrecked On 11 September 1763 opposite a freshwater spring near Mosselbay,

Image: example of “man of war” ship

Shipwreck museum

 

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