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Looting of French Cargo Ship
- When
- 1 April 1851
- Where
- Salé
Residents of Salé looted goods from a French cargo ship that capsized near the coast in April 1851.
On 1 April 1851, a French cargo ship carrying 98 tons of goods from Gibraltar to Rabat capsized near Salé. The residents looted the rescued goods, an incident that the French government cited as the justification for the subsequent naval bombardment.
Sources
- Bombardment of Salé (1851) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12
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