SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
January 4:
1961, Simferopol, Walvis Bay, Namibia
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1821: On this date a north-westerly gale struck Table Bay in the Western Cape, grounding at least five vessels, two of which are confirmed to have wrecked:
• Emma, this British vessel wrecked at Woodstock beach,
• Indian Packet, this Danish schooner wrecked near the Salt River mouth with the crew being saved by a Francis Rose, who drowned in the end.
1839: Pescadora, this Portuguese wooden sailing schooner wrecked on a reef near the entrance of Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape.
1846: Blackstone, this wooden sailing barque was put into Table Bay in the Western Cape for repairs but was instead abandoned and broken up.
1884: Lockett/Lochett, this British wooden sailing barque wrecked in a south-easterly wind on the west bank of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape. The enquiry into the wrecking reported that it was in a state of disrepair, having sailed from Plymouth in a leaky condition and requiring a new anchor whilst berthed in East London.
1973: Felicia II, this motor-powered vessel wrecked at Danger Point in the Western Cape. Very little is known about it.
2006: Jidy Aym, this South African fishing vessel was capsized by a freak wave off Dassen Island in the Western Cape resulting in the death of three crew members.
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