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SS: Holland Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/1/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Easy cache that forms part of the Shipwreck Series. For the series methodology and more info visit SS: Shipwreck Series via the related web page link.

The Holland was the first recorded casualty along this notorious stretch of coast. She was a Dutch frigate commanded by Captain Willem Silvester and was one of a fleet of Dutch National frigates bound from Holland to Java.

She was wrecked here on 11 May 1786. Eight lives were lost. The authorities were soon alerted of the disaster despite the inaccessibility of the sparsely inhabited terrain. Christoffel Brand, Postholder (Resident Magistrate) at Simon's Town then sent a message to Johannes Soubleé, a Swiss who lived near the wreck, asking him to provide more information.

This he did and Brand sent food and drink to the survivors and arranged a rescue mission to the site whereafter the survivors were taken to Simon's Town. Fifty-two men were taken into company service while the remainder proceeded in two warships the Goes and the Juno to India.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)