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Le CHEVAL MARIN

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:47 pm
by aukepalmhof
Not much is known of the French merchant vessel Le CHEVAL MARIN than that she in 1774 visited the La Dique Island in the Seychelles on a secret mission under command of Captain Claude Deschien to establish a fruit and vegetable plantation on La Dique Island.

Seychelles 1999 R20 sgMS894, scott808.

Source: Seychelles Philatelic Bureau. Watercraft Philately.