SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Eduard Bohlen shipwreck in Namibia
September 15:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1846: Fleetwood, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked in Struisbaai in the Western Cape after its anchor cables parted.
1851: The strong south easterly gale that started on the 13th of September in the Eastern Cape raged on into this day, moving west, claiming a further two vessels, both in Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape:
• George Henry Harrison, this wooden sailing schooner had been put into Plettenberg Bay to escape the storm on the 14th. However, whilst leaving the next morning, the remnants of the gale drove it ashore onto the rocks, where it wrecked.
• St. Helena, this wooden sailing schooner was also driven ashore close to, and in the same manner as the George Henry Harrison.
1864: Forfarshire, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked between Whale Rock and Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. The captain had died from a lung ailment and the choice was made to head into the nearest port. They were not carrying any chart for Table Bay, which resulted in the vessel striking an unknown rock near Whale Rock and wrecking.
1909: Umhlali, this steel steam-powered passenger/cargo ship wrecked on Albatross Rock at Olifantsbos Point in the Western Cape. Reports on the number of casualties varies by newspaper, however, in the official enquiry it states that only one of the lifeboats capsized and all the passengers were rescued, except for a three-year-old boy.
1952: Mount Anderson, a SAA Douglas DC-3 (registration no. ZS-AVI) became lost due to faulty navigation between Livingstone airport in Zambia and Palmietfontein in Gauteng, with it crashing after its wheel struck a rocky outcrop at Carolina Airport, near Ermelo in Mpumalanga. Electrical storms created much radio interference and the captain had set an incorrect course with poor visual identifications being made en-route. A landing attempt was made at an unknown, unlit aerodrome (Carolina) with unknown altitude and the wheels struck a rocky outcrop on approach with the plane crash landing at the airport, suffering irreparable damage. All 19 on board the plane survived.
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