SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Natal Coast, wrecked in Namibia
August 20:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1752: Kron Prinsess van Denmark/Kronprinsessen af Dannemark, this wooden Danish East Indiaman experienced bad weather whilst on the African coast in April, and then on the 24th of May, after reaching Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, the decision was made to winter there to give the crew a chance to rest and to repair the vessel. They anchored in Mossel Bay on the 9th of June and local farmers assisted the stricken sailors with provisions. Two carpenters were sent from the Cape to repair it, but shortly after arriving they said that it was beyond repair, and a stone store structure was built to house its cargo until other vessels could forward the cargo and its crew back to Denmark. On this date, after all its cargo had been unloaded, it was beached. The parts were sold off in pieces until just the hulk remained.
1838: Aline, this wooden-hulled vessel foundered west of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. Very little is known about this vessel.
1892: Sterling, this wooden-hulled barque lost its mizzen mast, sails, and rigging in bad weather on the 2nd of June and by the 6th it was abandoned about 26 km south-west of Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape with the loss of life of two of the 13-strong crew. Eventually the tug, James Searle, picked it up and brought it into Algoa Bay for repairs and to salvage its cargo. Unfortunately, after the cargo was discharged, it was condemned and beached on this day.
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