Salt Island is most notable for the wreck of the Royal Mail packet steamer,
RMS
Rhone which sank in a
hurricane on October 29, 1867 after she was driven back on Salt Island while
attempting to head to safety at sea. Most of the ship's crew were lost. Many of
the bodies were buried in a mass gave on Salt Island which is a short walk from
the main beach and can be easily seen today. A wide circle of stones is laid upon
the grave.
The wreck of the Rhone is
one of the best scuba diving sites in the Caribbean. Some of the
