Wednesday 7 February 2024

South Africa: Jack Tar, Akbar & Plough shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

January 12:

Shipwreck in Namibia

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1840: Jack Tar, this wooden sailing brig wrecked in a south-easterly gale at Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

1863: Akbar, this British wooden brig missed its stays and wrecked near Rietvlei in Table Bay in the Western Cape. Most of the cargo was saved by the steamer Albatross.

1933: Plough, this South African iron steam-powered fishing trawler struck a submerged rock and foundered in the Bushman’s River at Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape.

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