SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
June 24:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1859: Magnolia, this wooden British brig struck a rock near the Knysna Heads in the Western Cape whilst leaving Knysna and subsequently wrecked.
1957: Steenbok, this motor-powered South African handline fishing vessel foundered off Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape.
1973: Philippine Leader, this oil tanker sustained a pump room explosion whilst sailing along the Eastern Cape coastline. The explosion killed six of its crew and split its hull in half.
The Philippine Leader (1973) after the explosion split it in two, with the Dutch tug Poolzee rendering assistance
The stern section sank, but the bow section was towed to Algoa Bay and later to Singapore where it became a barge.
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