Saturday, 28 December 2024

South Africa: Bates Family & Christine Marine shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

Skeleton Coast, Namibia

September 6:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1880: Bates Family, this steam-powered ship caught alight and was abandoned on the 2nd of September, to founder four days later on this day, near Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape.

1995: Christine Marine, this fishing vessel was scuttled by the South African Navy south of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.

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