“Photo of a 282-Year-Old East India Trading Company Ship returning to London”
What FACTLY found
The photo is of a Swedish Ship named Gotheborg III that sailed along the River Thames, London in 2007. It is a replica ship modelled on the original 18th Century Swedish East India Company Ship, named East Indiaman Gotheborg or Gotheborg I. On 12 September 1745, the Gotheborg I sank when she sailed onto a well-known underwater reef, the Hunnebadan. The Gotheborg III started functioning in 2005 and had set sail to China in the very same year
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2021, 70 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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