Cape Town, South Africa
HMS Sceptre
HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. She served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars before being wrecked in a gale in Table Bay, South Africa, in 1799. The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on 5 November 1799 in Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope.
- City
- Cape Town
- Country
- South Africa
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Cape Town
- Table Mountain
- Cape of Good Hope
- Robben Island
- Castle of Good Hope
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
- Signal Hill
Background: Wikipedia