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The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
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East Indiaman
Merchant ships operating under charter or license to European East India companies
East Indiamen were merchant ships that operated under charter or licence for European trading companies which traded with the East Indies between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term was commonly used to refer to vessels belonging to the British, Dutch, French, Danish, Swedish,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Arniston (East Indiaman)
Ship operating under charter to the British East India Company
Arniston was a British East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 30 May 1815 during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives – only six on board survived. She had been chartered as a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Arniston, South Africa
Place in Western Cape, South Africa
Arniston is a small seaside settlement on the coast of the Overberg region of South Africa, close to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa. Prior to the wreck of Arniston, it is also known as Waenhuiskrans, an Afrikaans name meaning literally "Wagon house cliff", after a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cape Agulhas
Headland in the Western Cape, South Africa
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