Monday, 16 September 2024

South Africa: Padang, Gloria Deo & Shir Yib shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

June 29:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1828: Padang, this wooden Dutch barque ran aground and wrecked on Muizenberg Beach in False Bay in the Western Cape late at night.

1882: Gloria Deo, this Italian barque was lost on a reef close to the Ratel River mouth in the Western Cape.

The remains of the Shir Yib (1970) smashed up against the rocks at high tide, captured in 1995

1970: Shir Yib, this Iranian Crane barge wrecked while under tow by the tug Britonia at Dias Beach near the tip of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.

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