South Africa: Primonguet, Sea Rover, Eaglet & Redbreast shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

Gertrud Woermann wrecked near Swakopmund, Namibia

July 20:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1865: Primonguet, this French steam-powered ship wrecked on the rocks at Green Point in Table Bay in the Western Cape. 

1868: Sea Rover, this British sail-driven wooden barque wrecked after its cables parted in a south-easterly gale near East London in the Eastern Cape. 

1874: Eaglet, this sail-driven schooner wrecked on central beach in Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape.

1878: Redbreast, this British wooden barque wrecked in a north-westerly gale on Woodstock Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape.

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