On October 27th, 1881 Droogleever Fortuyn, First Officer of the Koning der Nedernlanden, sat down to write a report to the owners of the ship that he had been recently in command of. “Gentlemen, the Telegram from Aden has acquainted you with the lamentable accident which resulted in the loss of the good ship Koning der Nederlanden, and now I hasten to relate some details of the catastrophe. His letter would eventually be published in newspapers around the world. 

Ship Name: Koning der Nederlanden 

Ship Nationality: Netherlands 

Built: 1872

Tonnage: 3063

Year Wrecked” 1881

Location Wrecked: Indian Ocean 

Reason for Wreck: Mechanical Failure

Lives Lost: 121 

Sources: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20060924001949/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=1200

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