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2. British Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   The British Virgin Islands ... In 1672, the English captured ... A substantial number of the tourists who visit the BVI are cruise ship passengers, ...

3. History of the British Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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   England took control of the British Virgin Islands in 1672, at the outbreak of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, and have retained influence since. The Dutch averred that in 1672 Willem Hunthum put Tortola under the protection of Colonel Sir William Stapleton , the English Governor-General of the Leeward Islands .

4. RMS Rhone - Wikipedia

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   RMS Rhone was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands on 29 October 1867 in a hurricane, killing 123 people. She is now a popular Caribbean wreck dive site. [4]

5. List of ship launches in 1672 - Wikipedia

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   Merchant ship. [9] [10] Unknown date Dutch Republic: Cornelia: Fourth rate: For Dutch Republic Navy. [11] Unknown date England: Golden Fleece: East Indiaman: For British East India Company. [12] Unknown date England: Anthony Dean, Portsmouth Dockyard: Portsmouth: Greyhound: Sixth rate: For Royal Navy. [13] Unknown date Kingdom of France ...

6. Jost Van Dyke - Wikipedia

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   The location of Jost Van Dyke in the Virgin Island chain View overlooking White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, BVI. Jost Van Dyke (/ ˈ j oʊ s t v æ n ˈ d aɪ k /; [2] sometimes colloquially referred to as JVD or Jost) is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, measuring roughly 8 square kilometres (3 square miles).

7. Saba Rock - Wikipedia

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   Saba Rock is a small island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, approximately an acre and a half in size. The island contains a small hotel, restaurant, bar, and gift shop. A dock is available for day visitors and a large mooring field accommodates yachts staying overnight.