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July 30:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1851: Fanny, this wooden-hulled sailing brig wrecked in a north-westerly gale on Woodstock beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It now lies beneath reclaimed land.
1872: A north-easterly gale in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal led to the grounding of the Breidablik, Grace Peile, Princess Alice, and the Trinculo. All the vessels were flung high and dry and buried in the sand, with all undergoing repairs and attempts at refloating. Two of these were successful, meaning that two vessels were lost on this day:
• Grace Peile, this wooden-hulled barque wrecked after its cables parted and it was driven onto Back beach.
• Princess Alice, this wooden-hulled sailing schooner wrecked, possibly also on Back beach.
1880: Luna, this sailing schooner foundered near Salamander Point in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. It was transporting hides between Hondeklip Bay and Cape Town when it started leaking. The crew abandoned it whilst trying to enter Saldanha Bay.
1893: Bjorviken, this wooden-hulled sailing barque struck the bar of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape and was subsequently condemned.
1948: John Dickenson, this whaler wrecked opposite the Sea Sands Hotel, north of Umhlanga Rocks in KwaZulu-Natal. One source lists a John Williamson, a fishing vessel, to have wrecked in the same location also on this day, and that it is still visible. More research is required to determine whether or not these are two different vessels.
1957: Arum, this fishing vessel was scuttled in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. Very little is known about it.
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