east asiatic company

  • The day Lloyd’s bell tolled for the good ship København

    The day Lloyd’s bell tolled for the good ship København

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    Christopher Follett

    87 years ago, the famous Lutine Bell at Lloyds in London sounded for the overdue ‘København,’ the world’s largest sailing ship and the pride of Denmark’s East Asiatic Company’s mercantile fleet, which had disappeared without trace in the South Atlantic with a crew of 15 seamen and 45 cadets on board. The mystery of her disappearance remains unsolved to this day