Description

Things had been tense between the British and Majeerteen Sultanate before the Suez Canal was opened in 1869, but with the opening of the Canal, things only got worse between the two. Other European nations also began to make themselves known in the region, and Majeerteen Ports suddenly had steamers from all over the world passing by. With this came shipwrecks, and every wreck seemed to sour relations between Europe and the Majeerteen Sultanate even more, but a ship was about to make things even more complex. 

Ship Name: The Meikong 

Nationality: French 

Year Built: 1870

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Steamship 

Tonnage: 3279

Year Sank: 1877

Location Sank: Ras Hafun 

Reason For Sinking: Ran Aground in Fog 

Lives Lost: 4

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