SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Benguela Eagle wreck in Namibia
August 14:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1886: Carrie Wyman, this wooden-hulled barque wrecked in front of the Eastern Training Wall at the mouth of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape.
1902: A north-westerly gale in Table Bay in the Western Cape resulted in the grounding of the Brutus (which was refloated) and the loss of two vessels:
• City of Lincoln, this iron-hulled steam-powered ship wrecked on Salt River beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape.
• Highfields, this steel-hulled barque came into Table Bay after losing most of its sails in a severe storm off the Cape. It collided with the steamship Kaiser which was anchored just outside of the harbour wall, and sank within 5 minutes. At least 19, but some sources claim as many as 23, of the crew lost their lives. The wreck site, although partially in the harbour approach lane, makes for a rewarding dive at about 20 m in depth.
1985: Two iron-hulled barges, Barge 530 and Barge 531, were scuttled by the SA Navy off Ifafa Beach in KwaZulu-Natal.
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