'Simon's Town, Cape Colony', 's Town on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony was a naval base and harbour for the British Royal Navy. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VI", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

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