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 IN COMMEMORATION OF AN ODYSSEY OF THE SEA IN THIS BAY AT THE BEL OMBRE JETTY THERE LANDED ON JUNE 29th 1923 FROM A LIFE BOAT 16 MEN BEING PART OF THE SURVIVORS FROM THE S. S. TREVESSA WHICH FOUNDERED ON JUNE 4th 1923 BEING THEN 1610 MILES FROM MAURITIUS EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE BOAT'S CREW DIED AT SEA AND ONE MEMBER DIED THE DAY FOLLOWING UPON THE LANDING.