SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Unidentified, Namibia
July 23:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1817: Maria, this brig was lost near Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. Very little is known about this vessel.
1878: Etta Loring, this American barque was driven ashore during a lasting north-westerly gale on Woodstock Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It came into Table Bay on the 18th of May for repairs. It was finally repaired and seaworthy again by July, but the lasting north-westerly gale had it dragging its anchor for four days before it was finally driven ashore where it wrecked on Woodstock Beach on this day.
1967: Lys de Bretagne Cameret, this French trawler wrecked near the Salt River mouth in Table Bay in the Western Cape after breaking its moorings.
2011: A SAAF Cessna 208 Caravan (registration no. 3009) landed down slope and flipped over, crashing at Kei Mouth in the Eastern Cape. The only reported injury was that the pilot had injured her hand.
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