SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
September 7:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1852: Fairfield, this wooden sailing ship was blown ashore and subsequently wrecked at the Mbango River mouth in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal. Of the 24 souls that were on board, seven managed to reach the shore where they were assisted by locals.
1934: Queenmoor, this steel steam-powered cargo freighter struck the rocks near Chelsea Point in dense fog off Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape. It was stuck on the rocks and only abandoned the following day when the tug, Sir David Hunter helped everyone off. Ten days later its back broke and the freighter started vanishing beneath the waves. Most of its cargo, which was timber from London destined for East London, floated ashore and was salved. The breaking up was captured on film and a short report on its wrecking was compiled by the BBC: https://youtu.be/7BPz0NulqbU
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