tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59432026227856335892024-03-18T07:30:34.725+02:00News from Southern Africa & Namibia(Mostly travel) news from Southern AfricaDronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-87601103018797263122024-03-18T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-18T07:30:00.128+02:00South Africa: Mauritius Eiland, Trafalgar, Claudine, Abdul Medjid, Mendi & Cape Recife shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 21:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1644: Mauritius Eiland, this Dutch wooden sailing vessel sailed around the southern end of Robben Island in the Western Cape in the dark and then ran aground at what is today known as Mouille Point on the 7th of February. The vessel was dragged off the rocks to be repaired, but worsening weather resulted in it running aground again and becoming a wreck at the Salt River Mouth on this day, where the remaining crew of about 100, reduced from the original 340 had to wait for four months before being rescued by the Tijger. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1839: Trafalgar, this British emigrant ship wrecked near Rocklands Bay (next to Three Anchor Bay) in Cape Town in the Western Cape after missing its stays and dragging its anchor in a heavy swell. The crew and passengers were saved, but a woman was killed by a falling mast.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1849: Claudine, this British wooden barque wrecked between Marthapunt and Ryspunt near Skipskop in the Overberg in the Western Cape. Its bell was reportedly salvaged and used in the Struisbaai church up until at least 1952. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1871: Abdul Medjid, this iron sailing vessel was wrecked when its cables parted in a south easterly gale in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1917: Mendi, this British steam-powered troopship was accidentally rammed on its starboard side by the royal mail steamer, the Darro, at about 05:00 in the morning in heavy fog, just off the Isle of Wight in the English Channel between England and France.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrYkR16gROd2eQYTytuf_H2MkiiwbEqPpLsXVRbPmOMwpawiYQ18GSzhMGrFbZBU4Rn7ef7a1zQzruLohdOxKeJFe943x-fEMWiHuqxVLzN4qGzsfDNrAMj8jNziB69wgKCszkLICs4wX7q1slV690d6lv4Jw-HRyK-eLMfWmJcpOpZyMr1NC0i8fFyg/s1200/1Mendi%20Memorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrYkR16gROd2eQYTytuf_H2MkiiwbEqPpLsXVRbPmOMwpawiYQ18GSzhMGrFbZBU4Rn7ef7a1zQzruLohdOxKeJFe943x-fEMWiHuqxVLzN4qGzsfDNrAMj8jNziB69wgKCszkLICs4wX7q1slV690d6lv4Jw-HRyK-eLMfWmJcpOpZyMr1NC0i8fFyg/w640-h426/1Mendi%20Memorial.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Mendi Memorial on the 11th of February 2024 after the annual commemoration service</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>On board were 823 men, most of whom were part of the South African Native Labour Contingent.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B-9XTCULVT0NO9cpEHDs60MBH8j-GlVEAIzQZ8bdDNBGj41_066WaLu6sqec7u2luPl1px8sVkxuCFUzufyioc09oAh-cZZy72A_c7K19oDz8_xhSrgiliYtEIeCL59jNH2Nz3BsDLVGvlVavjlGGMYgo3NLeZGgH42t-JVo4P_gG3zeyoi8u_fhUh0/s651/2men.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B-9XTCULVT0NO9cpEHDs60MBH8j-GlVEAIzQZ8bdDNBGj41_066WaLu6sqec7u2luPl1px8sVkxuCFUzufyioc09oAh-cZZy72A_c7K19oDz8_xhSrgiliYtEIeCL59jNH2Nz3BsDLVGvlVavjlGGMYgo3NLeZGgH42t-JVo4P_gG3zeyoi8u_fhUh0/w478-h640/2men.jpg" width="478" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Images depicting the last time that some of the men who boarded the SS Mendi (1917) would have spent on southern African soil. The top image shows them at the docks in Cape Town and the bottom image receiving training at the Rosebank Showgrounds, which today forms part of UCT's Lower Campus and is where the Mendi Memorial National Heritage Site is located</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This vessel does not lie in South Africa’s territorial waters, but of the close to 650 people who perished in the event, 616 of them were southern African, and the bravery that these men showed at the time makes the sinking of the Mendi an integral part of southern African shipwreck history.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGsusZduol-jufKq1da5OHfSqC4BdGWzHpEIu4J8kuTtPm3NWCcQBrLY08m3bizQ60_2GQes2jKnrPbL6FVwz4SMj88NGWKibwzGPdkVn7ZqDgX28t8AxH0JEY8ibJxWG6TrGiSSRWS5CuGwyxcMZp2I1W3b8VSm0lFDDHo3V4R2NpI0AG5rB-eTKxfI/s990/4SS%20Mendi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="990" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGsusZduol-jufKq1da5OHfSqC4BdGWzHpEIu4J8kuTtPm3NWCcQBrLY08m3bizQ60_2GQes2jKnrPbL6FVwz4SMj88NGWKibwzGPdkVn7ZqDgX28t8AxH0JEY8ibJxWG6TrGiSSRWS5CuGwyxcMZp2I1W3b8VSm0lFDDHo3V4R2NpI0AG5rB-eTKxfI/w640-h250/4SS%20Mendi.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The SS Mendi (1917), date and location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>There are at least six known memorials in South Africa, one of which, at the University of Cape Town’s Lower Campus, is a declared National Heritage Site. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1929: Cape Recife, this steel steam-powered freighter wrecked on rocks in dense fog west of Seal Point Lighthouse near Cape St Francis in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P8KTt13KPwQ1l-I1fgVey4rCN5LXKhc3x2JRj5HFo_JVPnfsC-_dVfishyKnEfeiaGfQogIujc7LcWbID-lUJdthCTdfEKPVAXVW5IxBK7JwQsB1lmq-vxfW8-xObwg1KP9v16oEnfDPxCfbYg1sgfr7u5kWRoQL1MipbGs4dey_IyB6LKZLM9BHpdc/s1432/5Cape%20Recife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1432" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3P8KTt13KPwQ1l-I1fgVey4rCN5LXKhc3x2JRj5HFo_JVPnfsC-_dVfishyKnEfeiaGfQogIujc7LcWbID-lUJdthCTdfEKPVAXVW5IxBK7JwQsB1lmq-vxfW8-xObwg1KP9v16oEnfDPxCfbYg1sgfr7u5kWRoQL1MipbGs4dey_IyB6LKZLM9BHpdc/w640-h508/5Cape%20Recife.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Cape Recife (1929), shortly after wrecking</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The wreck can be dived, being on average about 10 m in depth, but with most of it having been salvaged, there is only scattered wreckage still visible.</b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOiA4P1k_ydBq8_DV10LYDLd8yrFry_Zn6tGbM7u-oulFS0-0iSQcVvY0PrLDVpKuwqSlX88_TTsf2hm2BLkVyqGnhUkrthblTCFYXbIHi-UfdPA8a2YQekmRXIaETZcskcGU4z8j24Yuht3E1uao8cybZl_2lItoPfc4aw2iSEKWQNsecXjVVRKxiXw/s1620/3Mendi%20Memorial%20Commemoration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1620" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOiA4P1k_ydBq8_DV10LYDLd8yrFry_Zn6tGbM7u-oulFS0-0iSQcVvY0PrLDVpKuwqSlX88_TTsf2hm2BLkVyqGnhUkrthblTCFYXbIHi-UfdPA8a2YQekmRXIaETZcskcGU4z8j24Yuht3E1uao8cybZl_2lItoPfc4aw2iSEKWQNsecXjVVRKxiXw/w640-h426/3Mendi%20Memorial%20Commemoration.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The Annual Mendi Memorial Commemoration held on the 11th of February 2024 at UCT's Lower Campus at the Mendi Memorial National Heritage site</b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Image 3:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvbkz9wDxsAIUem1nBOnUTiQ4HzFi5Gjkp4AoxlBLzDK8sLTGh9mWtEIqYutUjVVSP-J80FKv2n22VOHbJcUM42wEpLsd4RQrynsFJdV1QNLaJQygCKoIIX8-BkDo9UfwELtZi5naDh34linfGQxzXiPH5tzFKLUrIPRrvHOrShWuAk-Ra6E-m-K3nNI/s960/Hollybrook%20Memorial1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvbkz9wDxsAIUem1nBOnUTiQ4HzFi5Gjkp4AoxlBLzDK8sLTGh9mWtEIqYutUjVVSP-J80FKv2n22VOHbJcUM42wEpLsd4RQrynsFJdV1QNLaJQygCKoIIX8-BkDo9UfwELtZi5naDh34linfGQxzXiPH5tzFKLUrIPRrvHOrShWuAk-Ra6E-m-K3nNI/w640-h480/Hollybrook%20Memorial1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFW0sByPm-I0y4IY1oE-juw_h477_b0x34hwp-mBe84KmgNbiqtjRGeWpBsCsY_NfM5-JoquJelKwCH_LgH-By7tM3TsktFt31KkSMUR146QWL5UskA1OsVzcRdCAv4WKGmVhag66BYaSt-izbcRWCryGZoKaIuKfiGyZvl8U56bAIwejNZL2mDNlSmw/s960/Hollybrook%20Memorial2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFW0sByPm-I0y4IY1oE-juw_h477_b0x34hwp-mBe84KmgNbiqtjRGeWpBsCsY_NfM5-JoquJelKwCH_LgH-By7tM3TsktFt31KkSMUR146QWL5UskA1OsVzcRdCAv4WKGmVhag66BYaSt-izbcRWCryGZoKaIuKfiGyZvl8U56bAIwejNZL2mDNlSmw/w480-h640/Hollybrook%20Memorial2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bXWvsAdW1R8H_J4pfcIv9b_l8dsZ9AtQIzg6Ajoeu4KwDdJ03hgPQhhQVPx8i_H1b4wkst2uraddPCZ-oY8dBUvIRfTrE2VQpL720etGn57dkhosVm4WvHmZenokfm1WI8yhBIbypYy-L44mV_Y-DSF6CrdYSoM-s-z31GBjgGiNYqr2ZP9IbgXjTq4/s960/Hollybrook%20Memorial3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bXWvsAdW1R8H_J4pfcIv9b_l8dsZ9AtQIzg6Ajoeu4KwDdJ03hgPQhhQVPx8i_H1b4wkst2uraddPCZ-oY8dBUvIRfTrE2VQpL720etGn57dkhosVm4WvHmZenokfm1WI8yhBIbypYy-L44mV_Y-DSF6CrdYSoM-s-z31GBjgGiNYqr2ZP9IbgXjTq4/w480-h640/Hollybrook%20Memorial3.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>There are seventeen plaques on the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton listing the names of those lost in the sinking of SS Mendi</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; 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color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Robben Island, South Africa-33.8076073 18.3712309-62.117841136178846 -16.7850191 -5.4973734638211553 53.5274809tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-81178669859009684672024-03-17T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-17T07:30:00.125+02:00South Africa: Grundel, Deutan & Johan shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgXZE3_XRbecLzUlnkM-S2nhlLovHb2ZM7tHdJmdt0FaDYMRPDuhj1Ttd4FNBooxzMudqobyXLqdc_UVeMq_kJykA9Dx8oOBMZoeD0UzKiKioKPe91dZL-fA0oud_9R9PHvxQVv3x9oC9Un_C93aBFbFDEYyp1X7ggr4P8W2-DmggvQ4lsX0u15aiMns/s850/Winston05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="850" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgXZE3_XRbecLzUlnkM-S2nhlLovHb2ZM7tHdJmdt0FaDYMRPDuhj1Ttd4FNBooxzMudqobyXLqdc_UVeMq_kJykA9Dx8oOBMZoeD0UzKiKioKPe91dZL-fA0oud_9R9PHvxQVv3x9oC9Un_C93aBFbFDEYyp1X7ggr4P8W2-DmggvQ4lsX0u15aiMns/w640-h432/Winston05.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Winston shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 20:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1673: Grundel, this Dutch East India Company Hoeker wrecked near Cape Hangklip between Betty’s Bay and Pringle Bay in the Western Cape. An attempt was made on its return from Batavia to stop and to take on water in Madagascar, but the French had taken occupation of the island and drove off the Dutch with gunfire. They made a dash for the Cape with the captain being wounded by the French. They managed to come close, wrecking on the other side of False Bay, near Cape Hangklip. The captain and two others rowed the ship’s boat across False Bay to find assistance on its western shore. One of these men died of exhaustion, but the captain and the other crew member survived and beached the boat. A party was sent to rescue those left behind - some of whom had started walking along the eastern coastline of False Bay. They were found by the Goudvinck, which rescued the remainder of the survivors. The Grundel is believed to have operated as a packet at the Cape a few years earlier with it having surveyed the southern coastline of South Africa in 1669 and 1670. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1863: Deutan, this Spanish vessel was put into Table Bay in the Western Cape for water but was instead condemned and broken up. Very little is known about it.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1882: Johan, this Swedish sailing barque wrecked near Orient Beach in East London in the Eastern Cape after its cables parted in a south-easterly gale.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Pringle Bay, 7196, South Africa-34.3491042 18.8337532-62.659338036178845 -16.3224968 -6.0388703638211538 53.990003200000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-12852702545727606402024-03-16T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-16T07:30:00.235+02:00South Africa: Hugelia & Southern Explorer shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNtOlWSmW995x3BvQ-1plsXEIBtLjURerp7GWQeoeCYLViZlyhSi6wPhR269ZbRjB-N6MWHx07tU3AVgbY_yCxHekeVQJaIWyHaxn_7DOzFiNc7c9krO-GTev36yl3ym_X1AiH6qGEusWmbownRd6cSDKMSXDiBjHIJWo1af86FsdNCo0yeOHR-DJ7cg/s3504/SCS067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2333" data-original-width="3504" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNtOlWSmW995x3BvQ-1plsXEIBtLjURerp7GWQeoeCYLViZlyhSi6wPhR269ZbRjB-N6MWHx07tU3AVgbY_yCxHekeVQJaIWyHaxn_7DOzFiNc7c9krO-GTev36yl3ym_X1AiH6qGEusWmbownRd6cSDKMSXDiBjHIJWo1af86FsdNCo0yeOHR-DJ7cg/w640-h426/SCS067.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Montrose shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 19:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1913: Hugelia, this iron steam-powered fishing trawler wrecked just west of the Keiskamma River mouth near Hamburg in the Eastern Cape. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1985: Southern Explorer, this South African fishing vessel struck rocks near Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape and promptly foundered.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Hamburg, 5641, South Africa-33.2884974 27.4674-61.598731236178843 -7.6888499999999986 -4.9782635638211516 62.62365tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-5132961775144988472024-03-15T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-15T07:30:00.262+02:00South Africa: Panaghia, Rijnmond IV, President Kruger & Jenny-Lee shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 18:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1938: Panaghia, this steel steam-powered freighter wrecked in Seal Bay, in Cape St Francis in the Eastern Cape due to dense fog.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLToYkOmkgNk80TQxksrd_lRa4W7KDcKyxmfIgMxQ7oXDogCvvwmDPtKqqntP4JU6cLsXsNCIzbGuN4hwNkBiNtmST__vp8r1I9eU839fwMeOpQoujnsOQiAoMxV-3sxVAxhyphenhyphenxWmmtUXFoMICUw-wNyyzjqvDwiiO_4EvH4KYNb3rVRvB98IZu5Cr5OJQ/s542/Panaghia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="542" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLToYkOmkgNk80TQxksrd_lRa4W7KDcKyxmfIgMxQ7oXDogCvvwmDPtKqqntP4JU6cLsXsNCIzbGuN4hwNkBiNtmST__vp8r1I9eU839fwMeOpQoujnsOQiAoMxV-3sxVAxhyphenhyphenxWmmtUXFoMICUw-wNyyzjqvDwiiO_4EvH4KYNb3rVRvB98IZu5Cr5OJQ/w640-h362/Panaghia.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Panaghia (1938) shortly after having run aground</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Its boilers can reportedly still be seen at low tide.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1980: Rijnmond IV, this South African fishing vessel capsized and foundered about 30 km west of Cape Point in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1982: President Kruger, this South African Naval frigate sank whilst on exercise 139 km southwest of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. In the early morning hours of the 18th February 1982, President Kruger was conducting anti-submarine exercises with the President Pretorius, Emily Hobhouse, and the Tafelberg.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPI3XyDuD_etAZak2EcQsF_NsCyvqj6M__KXy79PhT-_dXmE0hfcgDMYhQSispOxj6eHzUvhuPaEpAXMBW91ikvSBSlGDa7NUkB8T_o4sh4De_VNEZJAI-ahHV6rXst-SOIbfQytuLxI9GK8aOktWxbikqcthc5D4LC7kzH_gwOgqdy2YBVOhI5lMVOc/s768/President%20Kruger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="768" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPI3XyDuD_etAZak2EcQsF_NsCyvqj6M__KXy79PhT-_dXmE0hfcgDMYhQSispOxj6eHzUvhuPaEpAXMBW91ikvSBSlGDa7NUkB8T_o4sh4De_VNEZJAI-ahHV6rXst-SOIbfQytuLxI9GK8aOktWxbikqcthc5D4LC7kzH_gwOgqdy2YBVOhI5lMVOc/w640-h206/President%20Kruger.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The SAS President Kruger (1982), date and location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>During the exercise it executed an incorrect turn which resulted in the Tafelberg’s bow ramming its port side. The captain ordered "abandon ship" at 04:36. The exercise was immediately terminated, and the other ships present began rescue operations. A total of 177 crewmen of the 193 aboard were rescued. There is a model display of the vessel and some artefacts from the event at the SA Navy Museum in Simon's Town.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NAA1u8O9LG_28oY7KLBm7K9a4lhvROG_CvdrTmwar7Uu2MCQLnyOYsg9oC-ICIsTvOuGDzQb-_w1dUsFzhGyP3EQo9e3lm6DYnpSsPjPgjMQMabnFeLrLtUrAJuEOhkPoxVhF3Cb6kLIs6IOm3fWRY_r89SZHbarjkGq5rKCRrpO5cUtMC0A1eRogAs/s1673/Tafelberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1673" data-original-width="1657" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NAA1u8O9LG_28oY7KLBm7K9a4lhvROG_CvdrTmwar7Uu2MCQLnyOYsg9oC-ICIsTvOuGDzQb-_w1dUsFzhGyP3EQo9e3lm6DYnpSsPjPgjMQMabnFeLrLtUrAJuEOhkPoxVhF3Cb6kLIs6IOm3fWRY_r89SZHbarjkGq5rKCRrpO5cUtMC0A1eRogAs/w634-h640/Tafelberg.jpg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The SAS Tafelberg with a badly damaged bow after the collision with the President Kruger (1982)</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1992: Jenny-Lee, this South African tuna-fishing vessel foundered about 100 km west of Lamberts Bay off the west coast in the Western Cape after being struck by giant waves. All on board were rescued.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Cape St Francis, 6313, South Africa-34.2062122 24.830042-62.516446036178849 -10.326208000000001 -5.8959783638211576 59.986292tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-79335863804233403202024-03-14T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-14T07:30:00.244+02:00South Africa: Euridyce, Cheldale, Deer Lodge, Llanashe & Wayward shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 17:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1857: Euridyce, this brig wrecked on North End beach in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape after its cables parted during a south-easterly gale and the Euridyce struck the barque Alexandrina.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1940: Cheldale, this British steel steam-powered cargo ship was lost north east of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal after a collision with the Greystoke Castle. The Cheldale was steaming slowly towards Durban so as not to arrive before dawn and was apparently showing no lights.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTUQFoemzSc2qj-NthyPWCYUGYC4pnu1Go2PQtv22u1QYKzNt4KKCusK6A79xs7y9L0t0kUju19EyitXVODHSzQgQp2W1uY05L1Dqz5HwXYcI5jKAZ35ozJTdFpp6u4BIHcd7wfvN6qEkVGK3ZF1ZFhY3HCFqZjl-SbwyeGy4mI4Y7hentHYpIanPCwI/s1776/Cheldale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1776" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqTUQFoemzSc2qj-NthyPWCYUGYC4pnu1Go2PQtv22u1QYKzNt4KKCusK6A79xs7y9L0t0kUju19EyitXVODHSzQgQp2W1uY05L1Dqz5HwXYcI5jKAZ35ozJTdFpp6u4BIHcd7wfvN6qEkVGK3ZF1ZFhY3HCFqZjl-SbwyeGy4mI4Y7hentHYpIanPCwI/w640-h422/Cheldale.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Cheldale (1940), date and location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>It was rammed between its No. 1 and 2 hatches, heeled steeply to the starboard, capsized, and sank within minutes with a huge gash in its side. Of the 35 lives on board, 16 were lost and the survivors were picked up by the Greystoke Castle.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1943: U-boats claimed two vessels in South African waters on this day, off the Eastern Cape coast:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>• Deer Lodge, an unescorted American steam-powered merchant ship, was struck on its port side by two torpedoes fired from U-516 about 100 km from Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDjeqMgotL7T9xCahEI6ghGr2GEmASv9Rj1scaiHlT1vO1KjyjJsP5CMMV2nX4DEc5xApxVvFt7oMMzBNxS_qmL_UpySizC6rJ30C972MeTmzsu38ErXObg2V4Z377fnJuTH5R1nUuYvziczN63bfABLPhba9J4XTpK7pOs8bVvTfFhs9L5gLH2fBwM0/s550/Deer%20Lodge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="550" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDjeqMgotL7T9xCahEI6ghGr2GEmASv9Rj1scaiHlT1vO1KjyjJsP5CMMV2nX4DEc5xApxVvFt7oMMzBNxS_qmL_UpySizC6rJ30C972MeTmzsu38ErXObg2V4Z377fnJuTH5R1nUuYvziczN63bfABLPhba9J4XTpK7pOs8bVvTfFhs9L5gLH2fBwM0/w640-h352/Deer%20Lodge.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Deer Lodge (1943), date and location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>There were 57 lives on board of which 56 abandoned ship in three lifeboats and three rafts, with one person losing their life when a davit broke off a lifeboat and fell on him. The U-boat surfaced between the survivors, questioned them, and left. The survivors were picked up by the Africana, the Havorn, and the Atlantis, with the Deer Lodge foundering just off Bird Island in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>• Llanashe, this motor-powered cargo ship was torpedoed 50 km south of Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape by U-182. After being struck, it signalled that its crew were taking to the boats. The radio officer managed to send off the position in which the ship sank. Several life rafts hit the water, but only one of the lifeboats was launched. The men were in the water for several hours before making it onto the rafts.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYNDzmdv6WJDiw0n90IBEkEkNNhKJdeCzj-VT-ZAqcf-I2ptY8Rf0k2mgGTmO9sSSHy8uXdxDZQNxWwxskbcaFf5xfCh5dkQmRQMt2TP5Pc1bIL4DyoA5WIx6MX6UJp0lK3KYgtuDKRgMASZDyYieaBHvh6X_u0U0yYUX6NtD6XacjangIgNJTJzQWkU/s550/Llanashe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="550" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYNDzmdv6WJDiw0n90IBEkEkNNhKJdeCzj-VT-ZAqcf-I2ptY8Rf0k2mgGTmO9sSSHy8uXdxDZQNxWwxskbcaFf5xfCh5dkQmRQMt2TP5Pc1bIL4DyoA5WIx6MX6UJp0lK3KYgtuDKRgMASZDyYieaBHvh6X_u0U0yYUX6NtD6XacjangIgNJTJzQWkU/w640-h408/Llanashe.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Llanashe (1943), date and location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>It took more than two days for the lifeboat to find a single raft, and it took a further 9 days before the Tarakan found the lifeboat and the other rafts. Of the 42 that were on board, only 16 managed to make it onto the life rafts and lifeboat. However, over the 11 days of waiting for rescue, some of the rafts capsized several times and ultimately only nine survived the ordeal. The Tarakan transferred the nine survivors to the HMS Carthage and HMS Racehorse which landed them in Cape Town on the 4th of March.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1966: Wayward, this South African fishing vessel foundered at sea off the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Durban, South Africa-29.85868039999999 31.0218404-58.168914236178836 -4.1344096000000015 -1.5484465638211447 66.1780904tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-90759046330693838252024-03-13T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-13T07:30:00.132+02:00South Africa: Stavenisse, Bennebroek, Amelia Mulholland, Mary, Lucy, Elise, Olive & Ankoveld shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6COvMj-DaJb81IP4eBZSjwF1yrp6jJ3TLPw93ksoXAfwhiJTChT5HMC3dwbXN64i8OGhjSMYdz8BUVSTQUmkYnT3tBNJdtxpH8ygUEQB_uzLV20HqvXFHvxIe4VIW9pirKyTtCVoClKRZRIr_qfo6D_CZAgTNIr-eWg6a3VfsSPzzaAlNQKNBy1-j8CY/s2048/1617158_10151838555075378_825037491_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="2048" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6COvMj-DaJb81IP4eBZSjwF1yrp6jJ3TLPw93ksoXAfwhiJTChT5HMC3dwbXN64i8OGhjSMYdz8BUVSTQUmkYnT3tBNJdtxpH8ygUEQB_uzLV20HqvXFHvxIe4VIW9pirKyTtCVoClKRZRIr_qfo6D_CZAgTNIr-eWg6a3VfsSPzzaAlNQKNBy1-j8CY/w640-h404/1617158_10151838555075378_825037491_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Simferopol shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 16:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1686: Stavenisse, this Dutch East Indiaman wrecked at what is presumed to be near the Mzimkulu River mouth at Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal resulting in the loss of eleven lives from the crew of 71. The rest of the crew encountered survivors of the Good Hope (1685) and the Bona Ventura (1686). They worked together to build the boat ‘Centaurus’ which was officially launched on the 17th of February, 1687. On the first of March 1687, they safely arrived at the Cape of Good Hope and the Cape Governor at the time, Simon van der Stel, had the Centaurus refitted and sent back to look for more survivors of other wrecks.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1713: Bennebroek, this Dutch East Indiaman wrecked near the Mtana River near Hamburg in the Eastern Cape. The vessel was disabled in a gale while homeward bound from Ceylon. It ran aground in broad daylight and began to break up immediately. Of the 150 lives on board, only 57 Europeans and 20 enslaved people from Malabar (south-western India) managed to reach the shore. The survivors started walking to the Cape, but most turned back after reaching an unfordable river. Of those that continued, only one (although some sources suggest up to five) person(s) reached the Cape alive on the 26th of February 1714, more than a year after the wrecking. Those who turned back lived near the wreck until June 1713, trading iron and copper for food with the local people, who treated the survivors with kindness. When this supply was exhausted the survivors made another attempt to reach the Cape, but after several weeks the survivors, now reportedly only consisting of 7 Europeans, found refuge with another friendly group of local people. On the 4th of September 1714, an English decked boat reached the Cape from Delagoa Bay with 4 of these 7 survivors on board. They had been found living in a local village near the mouth of a river. A subsequent six-month search by the galiot Postlooper for the wreck and remaining 3 survivors was unsuccessful. Although there are some reports that claim in 1716 three Englishmen were reported to be living on that coastline with wives and children and it is possible that these three men were those last three survivors. The wreck was excavated in 1985 under a National Monument’s Council permit. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1850: Amelia Mulholland, this wooden barque wrecked at Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape after its cables parted in a south-easterly gale.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1853: Mary, this schooner wrecked in Mossel Bay in the Western Cape during a south-easterly gale after its cables parted. One life was lost during the event. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1864: Lucy, this vessel wrecked during a south-easterly gale, at night, on Birkenhead Rock at Danger Point near Gansbaai in the Western Cape. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1878: A south-easterly gale claimed two vessels on this day in East London in the Eastern Cape: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>• Elise, a wooden barque wrecked near the mouth of the Buffalo river,</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>• Olive, an unknown vessel type, wrecked on East Beach with the loss of all six of the crew. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2019: Ankoveld, this South African fishing vessel capsized near St Helena Bay off the west coast in the Western Cape. All 10 that were on board were rescued.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Gqeberha, South Africa-33.9608369 25.6022423-62.271070736178842 -9.5540077 -5.6506030638211513 60.7584923tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-45446605064488428302024-03-12T07:30:00.001+02:002024-03-12T07:30:00.154+02:00South Africa: L’Aigle & Johanna shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zHuZ7Z4zSfDOtuoXSOTyRhrbRXXQN4wj_ISoaA5Sf_7Eoa3pmPIBJqOEbXmXspqf6YSgHZ9tF5wUgI7k-H9HSJS7narZziqSDxN_FiItmnFSEMuul3wMivOZw_4ASo2x7qEHtpM6miI9kdN6UzsmjQK2jAo1ze8T0gGQ0-OtX8rmBvkJBo52NoMvlnQ/s615/in%201978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="523" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zHuZ7Z4zSfDOtuoXSOTyRhrbRXXQN4wj_ISoaA5Sf_7Eoa3pmPIBJqOEbXmXspqf6YSgHZ9tF5wUgI7k-H9HSJS7narZziqSDxN_FiItmnFSEMuul3wMivOZw_4ASo2x7qEHtpM6miI9kdN6UzsmjQK2jAo1ze8T0gGQ0-OtX8rmBvkJBo52NoMvlnQ/w544-h640/in%201978.jpg" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Suiderkus shipwreck in Namibia in 1978</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 15:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1834: L’Aigle, this wooden French whaler ran aground at Slangkop Beach near Kommetjie on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape and wrecked. Three lives were lost because of the wrecking. There is speculation that some packed stones on the hills just south of the lighthouse is actually an unmarked grave of one of those lost and that the campsite name of ‘De Anker’ at the Soetwater Resort comes from this vessel’s anchor that lies near the tidal pool. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1881: Johanna, this schooner lost its cables in a south-easterly gale and drifted onto the notorious bight of North End beach in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape and wrecked. All made it off safely, but the vessel went to pieces soon after in the heavy swell.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Kommetjie, Cape Town, 7976, South Africa-34.1403053 18.3292082-62.450539136178847 -16.8270418 -5.8300714638211559 53.4854582tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-78413855225579984702024-03-11T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-11T07:30:00.135+02:00South Africa: Lady Holland, Childe Harold & Otto Siedle shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 13:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1830: Lady Holland, this wooden vessel struck a reef north-east of Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape and wrecked. Its passengers and crew made it onto Dassen Island using the boats before being rescued.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1850: Childe Harold, this sailing vessel wrecked on the south-eastern point of Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape just after midnight. The captain was the only casualty, who drowned trying to swim a line to shore.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1981: Otto Siedle, this tug was scuttled by the SA Navy about 100km north west of Cape Town in the Western Cape in about 2.5 km deep water.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnAygkj470Dr0ugGr7KgDid2am2p-Z2XEbdH7nwVNSSP5EpLwYLv6Ourcy7przqRB-rqmbmE4E4HnmXZeoDNhAzEUOp8k_g-9vFnMbOTtgoFCDKwfUj3H9z0uG-ByaF_abV9lQslXHGAXdM61M5BdVwRgVfLFYmvNL53Wbigpge-i7AmZTFH6iXUDUY0/s640/Dassen%20Island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnAygkj470Dr0ugGr7KgDid2am2p-Z2XEbdH7nwVNSSP5EpLwYLv6Ourcy7przqRB-rqmbmE4E4HnmXZeoDNhAzEUOp8k_g-9vFnMbOTtgoFCDKwfUj3H9z0uG-ByaF_abV9lQslXHGAXdM61M5BdVwRgVfLFYmvNL53Wbigpge-i7AmZTFH6iXUDUY0/w640-h480/Dassen%20Island.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">A view of Dassen Island from the north. SAHRA database contains 24 entries for wrecking events near the island, with the earliest recorded wrecking being in 1734 and the most recent in 2002</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The tug was decommissioned, stripped of all valuable material, and then donated to the SA Navy who used it for torpedo target practice for the SAS Maria van Riebeeck. The tug had served for 43 years in various roles, most commonly on the modern-day Namibian coastline where it assisted many stricken vessels.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG14NS0HC5S-w87K831otwE3tjX4GKqCa6ehBe3YYzJlJSxmAwrVKRhS8s8rJRZAD9shrLcgIrFSvzRhHvUeVSRBVL9y0LBig49hwskeAr3tI2lX1SdCiTlLMd8Adqw-pQfEcatd35mxkf5rzHlttOXTGhq2SMxPSAFguyePxeo7Ep7N3Gym6tZ2GAmw/s1401/Otto%20Siedle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1401" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhG14NS0HC5S-w87K831otwE3tjX4GKqCa6ehBe3YYzJlJSxmAwrVKRhS8s8rJRZAD9shrLcgIrFSvzRhHvUeVSRBVL9y0LBig49hwskeAr3tI2lX1SdCiTlLMd8Adqw-pQfEcatd35mxkf5rzHlttOXTGhq2SMxPSAFguyePxeo7Ep7N3Gym6tZ2GAmw/w640-h370/Otto%20Siedle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The tug Otto Siedle (1981), date and location unknown (suspected Cape Town)</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>There is also a story that tells of the tug’s master playing a practical joke on the Italian liner Europa’s passengers by rigging a skeleton to make it appear as though the tug was being steered by the skeleton as it pulled up alongside the Europa in Walvis Bay in Namibia.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Dassen Island, South Africa-33.4236475 18.0865424-61.733881336178847 -17.0697076 -5.1134136638211558 53.2427924tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-57808240559649501642024-03-10T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-10T07:30:00.129+02:00South Africa: Robert, Mary Ann, Cilicia & Nideras shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 12:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1847: Robert, this British ship sprang a leak and had to be run ashore near the Lourens River mouth at Strand in False Bay in the Western Cape, where it wrecked. Some of the houses in the area were reportedly built with its main cargo of teak from Burma. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1888: Mary Ann, this wooden barque came into Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape for the captain to receive medical attention and for repairs to the vessel on January 6th. However, on the 5th of February the vessel was condemned and put up, to be sold on the 16th of February. This was not to happen, as on this day, it slipped its anchor cable in a south-easterly gale and was wrecked on North End Beach. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1917: Cilicia, this British steel steam-powered freighter struck a mine laid by the German raider, SMS Wolf, about 8 km south of Dassen Island in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3COLmoEjIWazo8HNWkDQP7kuaNk8Ia2-vvG-mBc9_JYIzR4FFImrzmfvSCEuxC_PPaPLmDNr_tyuZvK3TZowyfV65sc_S43oaD6pJErrGJ1V5Rw3w0wOkB-DDc7detZ5jS_jFanF8HYjx3yNdRkq5HDwoMKdSM_NRBZdeGUttBQxzlhyphenhyphenqozWiJV9ywCM/s1110/Cilicia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1110" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3COLmoEjIWazo8HNWkDQP7kuaNk8Ia2-vvG-mBc9_JYIzR4FFImrzmfvSCEuxC_PPaPLmDNr_tyuZvK3TZowyfV65sc_S43oaD6pJErrGJ1V5Rw3w0wOkB-DDc7detZ5jS_jFanF8HYjx3yNdRkq5HDwoMKdSM_NRBZdeGUttBQxzlhyphenhyphenqozWiJV9ywCM/w640-h412/Cilicia.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Cilicia (1917) depicted on a French postcard, date and location unknow</b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">n</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The tugs Ludwig Weiner and J W Sauer towed it towards Cape Town, but it foundered near Robben Island. All on board were saved.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI__0lwmA_UJvaIfuBBu2_kt9uH-xj9NI4BgWOnedwIPgVIPFvx97-ENvGk_CJG0itxga6lKlYdIlH0WIhec93_7nq8Yv8TMu-Cod6tUmyI8K4SFzmzNybuhfbskAW36kimHEf-9Ne4Q5bleAfXYG07IuUUUspX3XHlKe6wqVyPTaU6dgTrRJYhgSNw6Y/s579/minefield.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI__0lwmA_UJvaIfuBBu2_kt9uH-xj9NI4BgWOnedwIPgVIPFvx97-ENvGk_CJG0itxga6lKlYdIlH0WIhec93_7nq8Yv8TMu-Cod6tUmyI8K4SFzmzNybuhfbskAW36kimHEf-9Ne4Q5bleAfXYG07IuUUUspX3XHlKe6wqVyPTaU6dgTrRJYhgSNw6Y/w522-h640/minefield.jpg" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The minefield laid by the SMS Wolf on the 16th January 1917 that claimed the Cilicia (1917)</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1929: Nideras, this South African iron steam-powered fishing vessel was lost in the passage of Bird Island in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape during thick fog after attempting to change its fishing grounds. One of its crew perished during the wrecking.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2002: J&D Aviation HS-125-400B (registration no. ZS-JBA), this business jet was written off after rolling into a ditch at Lanseria Airport in Gauteng. The hydraulic accumulator was not pressurised and after the co-pilot removed the chocks, braking attempts failed.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Dassen Island, South Africa-33.4236475 18.0865424-61.733881336178847 -17.0697076 -5.1134136638211558 53.2427924tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-79689767440076945342024-03-09T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-09T07:30:00.134+02:00South Africa: Emu, Nepaul, Helmspey & Blomvlei shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 11:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1817: Emu, this sail-driven transport brig was the first vessel to attempt to enter Knysna Lagoon in the Western Cape, where it promptly wrecked. It was originally built as a merchant brig and was hired and equipped as an armed transport by the Royal Navy. After having been discharged from the Colony of New South Wales service, it was on its way home to be sold in England when it was damaged in a hurricane. It struck a rock in False Bay and foundered but was refloated and repaired in Simon's Town. The authorities decided to use it for running local errands after repairing it. It was dispatched to Plettenberg Bay to fetch a cargo of timber, with instructions that the captain was to chart the Knysna lagoon from a small boat before entering the area with the brig. A favourable wind and flat bar however tempted him to sail the brig into the lagoon, where a sudden contrary wind blew it onto the eponymous Emu rock. The crew managed to beach the brig, but the damage sustained meant that it was to become a wreck. Almost three months later, the HMS Podargus arrived to pick up the Emu’s cargo and crew and entered the lagoon, passing through the Knysna Heads safely.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1850: Nepaul, this British East Indiaman wrecked near the mouth of the Swart River at Sedgefield in the Western Cape. After a long journey returning from the East, the passengers and crew anchored on the southern African coastline to relax and enjoy the fine weather, in front of what is today, Sedgefield.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkarFcmtVs0lbacsa31dh070q1m_K95HDLuhkopUyX31RsA427MtgdPQoVG0Pt_fxCXuoTVKCakaU1ctqBlZHOT4MXlWToY2jOyx_1z6hQCFf9OAJGI0HRk6hFFNLexTwzNd9kSodaFHpXba22LGPm5AzQXQSKN05xb3at37Bb_G3UV9HPh4s0_Q940k/s481/Nepaul1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbkarFcmtVs0lbacsa31dh070q1m_K95HDLuhkopUyX31RsA427MtgdPQoVG0Pt_fxCXuoTVKCakaU1ctqBlZHOT4MXlWToY2jOyx_1z6hQCFf9OAJGI0HRk6hFFNLexTwzNd9kSodaFHpXba22LGPm5AzQXQSKN05xb3at37Bb_G3UV9HPh4s0_Q940k/w606-h640/Nepaul1.jpg" width="606" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">A depiction of the Nepaul (1850) caught on the rocks and being battered by the heavy seas. Drawing by an unknown artist</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Shortly after returning from land, the weather turned, and a storm erupted. The Nepaul was driven onto the nearby rocks where it struck hard and wrecked. For more than three days, the passengers and crew held onto the remains of the ship. The few lifeboats that were launched were smashed to pieces on the rocks. In desperation, one of the crew tied himself to floating debris in an attempt to reach the shore, but he drowned.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudtVHD9jfK-YcoTTc6Z4z1Y3pDIoB_ImJJwT4tfR11zojKfJIjNA7TP9L7EU7w9iFxzMJc4jjKPkh62L94FaQVrixhyphenhyphenTCeSSPLnR-mJs-__xY1v4pgnR6kn2Npzrmrklr1vBxibfdQLGg9Z3fhJ4Tfyf-gtmotc05_u0eo0MWBXL6VKnZNcWhGOaex0k/s384/Nepaul2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="335" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudtVHD9jfK-YcoTTc6Z4z1Y3pDIoB_ImJJwT4tfR11zojKfJIjNA7TP9L7EU7w9iFxzMJc4jjKPkh62L94FaQVrixhyphenhyphenTCeSSPLnR-mJs-__xY1v4pgnR6kn2Npzrmrklr1vBxibfdQLGg9Z3fhJ4Tfyf-gtmotc05_u0eo0MWBXL6VKnZNcWhGOaex0k/w558-h640/Nepaul2.jpg" width="558" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">A depiction of the two of the female passengers of the Nepaul (1850), Mrs Bell and Mrs Drago as well as Mrs Drago's two children, who were tied to the mast for safety, where they remained for three days until the weather calmed and they could reach the shore with the impromptu rafts. Drawing by an unknown artist</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>By the fourth day, the wind started to calm and with impromptu rafts made from the wreckage, a final attempt was made by all to reach the shore. Two more of the crew were washed from their rafts and drowned. From the 25 that were on board, in total three of the crew were lost with all the passengers being kept alive. The Meeding family, who owned the nearby farm Rugtevlei (that would eventually become Sedgefield), housed the survivors and took care of them before they left for Knysna to find passage on other vessels back to England. It is reported that one of the crew stayed on to work for the Meeding family.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g4Ybci43-z2Dq5D1v2mkarVEckzM15lq3Au_qQ7-I1na_GwRTjBvQkVYmRurKrL_auzmPfFRYmtzO0AHFkcF-ZUt9ew0vSeLhocQJ9zmxvCS_P4KdUcdNE8dT0Zy8Rxy3tXxkrF05svvC8Kc57h77VJ8z09-CBPCi46ccotYagMWwuvS7qnQvwVFIIU/s450/Nepaul3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="450" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g4Ybci43-z2Dq5D1v2mkarVEckzM15lq3Au_qQ7-I1na_GwRTjBvQkVYmRurKrL_auzmPfFRYmtzO0AHFkcF-ZUt9ew0vSeLhocQJ9zmxvCS_P4KdUcdNE8dT0Zy8Rxy3tXxkrF05svvC8Kc57h77VJ8z09-CBPCi46ccotYagMWwuvS7qnQvwVFIIU/w640-h348/Nepaul3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">A depiction of one of the impromptu rafts of the Nepaul (1850) being pulled to shore. Drawing by an unknown artist</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The remains and cargo of the Nepaul were later sold with much of the furniture finding its way into local families and being passed down the generations. Its rudder and portholes were incorporated into the ‘Annie Benn’, a schooner built in Knysna. The ‘Anchor Café’ of Sedgefield (today the Forest Lodge) reportedly received its name from the anchor of the Nepaul which was moved there some years after the wrecking. The whereabouts of the anchor today are unknown.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1943: Helmspey, this British steam-powered merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk south of Cape St Francis in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IuRMZQms8_ptxuG1Urc5wxWQ76cuSMR-ZqTPSRW0J7ivLXulEQTK2j-f-OeLxeNhqoB5puZE1x7ktNjQOcvpkqNe6TLs1Ct36_91MzAM24_DojbDFD2SXg6kU8Y7uGQuBvmbxH723OB34IJiH70fkL-pmw8AyPlp3ugwhK4bc-c-diusN8mnG5nh2v4/s600/Helmspey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IuRMZQms8_ptxuG1Urc5wxWQ76cuSMR-ZqTPSRW0J7ivLXulEQTK2j-f-OeLxeNhqoB5puZE1x7ktNjQOcvpkqNe6TLs1Ct36_91MzAM24_DojbDFD2SXg6kU8Y7uGQuBvmbxH723OB34IJiH70fkL-pmw8AyPlp3ugwhK4bc-c-diusN8mnG5nh2v4/w640-h268/Helmspey.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Helmspey (1943) in Vancouver, Canada, date unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>U-516 struck it with a torpedo at 06:52 and fired a coup de grâce at 07:12. Of the 46 that were on board, four perished and the rest were picked up by a SAAF crash launch and landed at Algoa Bay. One more member of the crew perished from his injuries in hospital.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1966: Blomvlei, this motor-powered fishing vessel was scuttled off Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Cape St Francis, 6313, South Africa-34.2062122 24.830042-62.516446036178849 -10.326208000000001 -5.8959783638211576 59.986292tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-26777357694171791272024-03-08T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-08T07:30:00.312+02:00South Africa: Lieutenant Maury, Queen Anne & Glen Mist shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 10:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1892: Lieutenant Maury, this wooden barque caught fire while at anchor in Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape and eventually foundered. It caught alight at 01:00 and sank by 15:00. The cause of the blaze was not established. Only one lifeboat and two charred and burned sail booms were saved. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1943: Queen Anne, this British motor-powered steel cargo ship was en route to Beirut carrying a cargo of government stores, including explosives, when it was sunk by U-509, about 24 km south-southwest of Cape Agulhas/L'Agulhas in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrqtF-GWkK5zl8w-j-RaFIU7__w_GFlqGDgaCO5Sgq7sUTAF8YKVvUcYfsl62GCUzJgxgRpVT605L61HfxgeO0Qlijq67seQmEZT-JSvGk2qCI8TRcGp9EWBMQ7HJX0KrBVL9SOLYCGZaakbrfBQIgy8i1dVTr5DV9PAofFala6lfS4oZcIsUf6c6-2c/s1344/Queen%20Anne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1344" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrqtF-GWkK5zl8w-j-RaFIU7__w_GFlqGDgaCO5Sgq7sUTAF8YKVvUcYfsl62GCUzJgxgRpVT605L61HfxgeO0Qlijq67seQmEZT-JSvGk2qCI8TRcGp9EWBMQ7HJX0KrBVL9SOLYCGZaakbrfBQIgy8i1dVTr5DV9PAofFala6lfS4oZcIsUf6c6-2c/w640-h316/Queen%20Anne.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Queen Anne (1943) date and location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>A single torpedo sunk the ship with the loss of the master and four crew members. The remaining survivors were split into two groups, with the one group of 17 survivors being picked up by the HMS St. Zeno and landed at Cape Town, and the other group of 22 making landfall somewhere along the coastline near Bredasdorp in a lifeboat.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1961: SAAF Douglas C-47B (registration no. 6856), this military transport aircraft crashed near Bizana in the Eastern Cape with the loss of its crew of five.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FHsRnm_e5SUA6rUe5CN3UA-wf3-aec7kLMzoXlEGpNcav6Jj9XdvnT-KS-AkAL6A02_9QBt6ueqhZ6y0l8TaXmYS46TpypzkDaexhR3B18bEN6s2yei5KbFzxiJznOicxT3-ezVQ6TYF-VySgHa7qDyfFDiSQzKpYmVpNf6XrLsk-Lhn-AFikGaFlic/s600/SAAF%20685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FHsRnm_e5SUA6rUe5CN3UA-wf3-aec7kLMzoXlEGpNcav6Jj9XdvnT-KS-AkAL6A02_9QBt6ueqhZ6y0l8TaXmYS46TpypzkDaexhR3B18bEN6s2yei5KbFzxiJznOicxT3-ezVQ6TYF-VySgHa7qDyfFDiSQzKpYmVpNf6XrLsk-Lhn-AFikGaFlic/w640-h428/SAAF%20685.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">SAAF 685 (GZCL), taken around the end of WWII, location unknown</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2017: Glen Mist, this South African fishing vessel foundered at the Saldanha Bay wharf in the Western Cape, presumably due to many years of neglect.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Port Nolloth, 8280, South Africa-29.2550298 16.8689438-57.565263636178841 -18.2873062 -0.94479596382115361 52.0251938tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-37310043909734173432024-03-07T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-07T07:30:00.144+02:00South Africa: Lady MacDonald, Zuidam & Prins Willem shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 9:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1876: Lady MacDonald, this British wooden barque wrecked on the northern coastline of Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1990: Zuidam, this South African fishing vessel wrecked in a storm just west of Struispunt, near Arniston/Waenhuiskrans in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2q9GZ1-QUYVZBomeRbZOhp8OngwnciqOhoHRKQVv0XbH_gqEvPue1ezDs5fbKrcw0wFFTTHzcLlEu1Pm7kIDXOX5wKo3qbQbt415Xy1twkWSuVhPr0Bdthkuq9l55BfD13jjm9kFBvNHTfxjInVk0fLVhfG3HjH8tJHKXWW7LiqcSwxFaFzPowHQN48/s743/Zuidam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="743" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2q9GZ1-QUYVZBomeRbZOhp8OngwnciqOhoHRKQVv0XbH_gqEvPue1ezDs5fbKrcw0wFFTTHzcLlEu1Pm7kIDXOX5wKo3qbQbt415Xy1twkWSuVhPr0Bdthkuq9l55BfD13jjm9kFBvNHTfxjInVk0fLVhfG3HjH8tJHKXWW7LiqcSwxFaFzPowHQN48/w640-h400/Zuidam.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Within a few months of wrecking, very little remained of the Zuidam (1990) because it burnt out</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Shortly after wrecking, it burnt out. The remains quickly deteriorated but were still visible from the beach, in the surf zone, until about 1998. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1992: Prins Willem, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked at Skulphoek in Hermanus in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0saCyPZFen7YAqMe3tPvRnjmcKNfOI5UNTATXOJAliayT9apDpJePCD35nMx-AIFDp6Y0iyPMzIrb4aYTo-lcG7u9O1nHi98OP6bc4AFPoPgH7mtp3NbnJeWaNc0PDZ9lptKNEfOuUNO7sQdZg7RXUhkPTuh24jw0DJDv3S1aY-nv-PiDtgX7v6c65s/s854/Prins%20Willem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="854" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0saCyPZFen7YAqMe3tPvRnjmcKNfOI5UNTATXOJAliayT9apDpJePCD35nMx-AIFDp6Y0iyPMzIrb4aYTo-lcG7u9O1nHi98OP6bc4AFPoPgH7mtp3NbnJeWaNc0PDZ9lptKNEfOuUNO7sQdZg7RXUhkPTuh24jw0DJDv3S1aY-nv-PiDtgX7v6c65s/w640-h278/Prins%20Willem.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">The Prins Willem (1992), whilst in a leaky condition, was driven onto the rocks where it became stuck</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>It struck an unknown object and started leaking in a heavy swell, and was driven ashore to stop it from foundering, resulting in the loss of one life and the vessel becoming a wreck.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0866M+9V, Arniston, South Africa-34.689040299999988 20.2346729-62.999274136178833 -14.9215771 -6.3788064638211424 55.3909229tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-37086271773354499852024-03-06T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-06T07:30:00.250+02:00South Africa: Adelaide, Miles Barton & Veronica shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVEFiGposTFpL1wE7j_31VTChz2LG_R6kD_nf2vJKGh207LqxkRz8Yjr5v6WRxGl9ZMcptAkcjLmz3KwYJmb7wlWduY2MpTJjwESAvNqeumcvEQqaYoUhJJML_fbaNk39uK6qPIT2NNBIEwJaKXLYYlxzQt1e8ufpbw2udKxCWX3u4wnbSsEJlfYQjCE/s4342/318%20Walvis%20Bay%2006-2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2776" data-original-width="4342" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVEFiGposTFpL1wE7j_31VTChz2LG_R6kD_nf2vJKGh207LqxkRz8Yjr5v6WRxGl9ZMcptAkcjLmz3KwYJmb7wlWduY2MpTJjwESAvNqeumcvEQqaYoUhJJML_fbaNk39uK6qPIT2NNBIEwJaKXLYYlxzQt1e8ufpbw2udKxCWX3u4wnbSsEJlfYQjCE/w640-h410/318%20Walvis%20Bay%2006-2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Unknown shipwreck, Walvis Bay, Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 8:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1832: Adelaide, this barque wrecked in an easterly gale in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. An unknown number of people drowned but one record mentions that ‘several men drowned’.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1861: Miles Barton, this British troopship was carrying the 3rd Regiment under the command of Major King when it was wrecked on the eponymous Miles Barton reef between Skipskop and Arniston/Waenhuiskrans in the Western Cape. The troops were returning to the UK after the sacking of the Chinese Emperor's Summer Palace.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1886: Veronica, this British wooden sailing barque collided with the barque ‘Marquis of Worcester’ in a south-easterly gale and subsequently wrecked off Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Arniston, South Africa-34.6693023 20.2318535-62.979536136178844 -14.9243965 -6.3590684638211528 55.3881035tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-7480511374321664772024-03-05T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-05T07:30:00.129+02:00South Africa: Gondolier, A H Stevens, Equator, Trent, Sarah Smith, Celt, Onni, Fascadale, Vilora H Hopkins, Star of the Isles, Sybil & Maritz shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRk3wqKg_CqczAhNmZVH80yslPLZ2n1y79GH9GECSwCcbHLeMWUEAsSRwcQ6v2YFeF1jNgZktmNf0Vit08Gdg4opjhhRFZd9_88rx5S7mEqjBEV8_hIahFU26tVmGtgPvDm_YFKDLN13lBRgcAwQtUm7NaXzHifEqq29RoCpX9ZXBNWmb71-I6BZWiHw8/s3008/SCS173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3008" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRk3wqKg_CqczAhNmZVH80yslPLZ2n1y79GH9GECSwCcbHLeMWUEAsSRwcQ6v2YFeF1jNgZktmNf0Vit08Gdg4opjhhRFZd9_88rx5S7mEqjBEV8_hIahFU26tVmGtgPvDm_YFKDLN13lBRgcAwQtUm7NaXzHifEqq29RoCpX9ZXBNWmb71-I6BZWiHw8/w640-h426/SCS173.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Unknown shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 7:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1836: Gondolier, this brig wrecked on Robben Island whilst entering Table Bay in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1862: A H Stevens, this iron barque wrecked on the north-western tip of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It had departed Moulmein on the 11th of December 1861, bound for Falmouth via Cape Town. En route it experienced heavy weather and sprang a leak off Mauritius in a cyclone. The crew worked for two weeks straight, but were unable to pump the barque dry. On the 7th of February 1862, the captain tried to enter Cape Town harbour but missed the entrance to Table Bay due to heavy fog. The barque got too close to the north-western coast of Robben Island, where a lack of wind and a strong current pushed it towards the shore. An attempt to anchor the barque failed, and it continued to drift, finally striking the island. The steamer Albatross was sent to assist the barque but was unable to move it, so it was condemned and sold off.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1865: Equator, this brig wrecked near Struisbaai in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1871: Trent, this American vessel was damaged in a storm and was then condemned in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. Whilst at anchor awaiting its fate, it dragged its anchors and wrecked.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1874: Sarah Smith, this vessel was leaving Durban Harbour in KwaZulu-Natal when it drifted onto Anabella Bank and ran aground. Although it was refloated, after an inspection it was condemned and then sold at auction.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1875: Celt, this iron steam-powered mail ship wrecked in the eponymous Celt Bay, between Pearly Beach and Quoin Point in the Western Cape. All 98 passengers and crew survived. It was the last Union Line ship to be built on the Thames and was one of a series of six mail ships built for the Cape mail service.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1890: Onni, this Russian sailing barque missed its stays, resulting in it wrecking near Bloubergstrand in Table Bay in the Western Cape at night in calm weather. It was carrying coal for the Gas Light Company and was sold off after wrecking.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1895: Fascadale, this steel 4-masted sailing barque wrecked on the rocks south of the Mbizane river in Ramsgate in KwaZulu-Natal. It was bound from Java to Lisbon with a cargo of sugar when at 02:30, with most of the crew of 28 being asleep, and in persistent hazy and rainy weather, it ran straight onto the rocks about 100 meters from the shore. It started breaking up immediately and by daybreak wreckage was strewn along the coast. Three men attempted swimming to the shore, with two of them drowning and the third making it. Supposedly, a further five made it by swimming to shore. Eventually the Nordham Castle arrived with the Chief Officer, Frank Whitehead managing to swim a line from one of its boats to the wreck. This line allowed the rest of the crew to be saved. Reports vary on the number of survivors, with some claiming only one life was lost and others as many as ten.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1897: Vilora H Hopkins, this wooden sailing barque’s cables parted during a south-easterly gale and it was driven ashore where it wrecked on New Brighton beach in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1908: Star of the Isles, this steel steam-powered fishing vessel struck a submerged rock about 2.4 km off Quoin Point in the Western Cape at 06:40 in dense fog and then floated for just under three hours before foundering nearby. The crew were safely landed in the lifeboat and walked to the Ratel River farm about 8km inland, where they were taken by wagon to Caledon, and then by train to Cape Town.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1913: Sybil, this British steam-powered vessel wrecked on Porpoise Point at the mouth of the Mzimvubu River in Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1980: Maritz, this South African fishing vessel foundered off Cape Columbine off the west coast in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Cape Columbine, West Coast Peninsula, South Africa-32.8255556 17.8452778-61.135789436178847 -17.3109722 -4.5153217638211558 53.001527800000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-73717283634121889072024-03-04T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-04T07:30:00.129+02:00South Africa: Friends Goodwill, Runnymede, L'Imperatrice Eugenie, Robilant & Zingara shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHGmzIUUG209r7cWD_jKqKeM1kDWfgI5RIzzZTQNKGy9JCrZyg0KF6JoA9VwI8LUqgEwmBf4jCuz34I3XyvX6yFyAKw5SX1X2-bN9uVYlPdLPRXH1MV4h6_v0uugLTTcL1kO5_SHY9htrlQpEWLEn_CsecmXX7jMmZMS_LPOiwQkzE4rmLm-L8JgVt6E/s2000/29mag-skeleton-08-2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHGmzIUUG209r7cWD_jKqKeM1kDWfgI5RIzzZTQNKGy9JCrZyg0KF6JoA9VwI8LUqgEwmBf4jCuz34I3XyvX6yFyAKw5SX1X2-bN9uVYlPdLPRXH1MV4h6_v0uugLTTcL1kO5_SHY9htrlQpEWLEn_CsecmXX7jMmZMS_LPOiwQkzE4rmLm-L8JgVt6E/w640-h480/29mag-skeleton-08-2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Otavi shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 6:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1840: Friends Goodwill, this wooden schooner wrecked near St Helena Bay off the west coast in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1866: Runnymede, this wooden sailing vessel (most probably a barque) wrecked near Wreck Point, just west of Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape after springing a leak. The crew managed to reach Algoa Bay in the boats.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1867: L'Imperatrice Eugenie, this iron sailing barque struck Thunderbolt Reef at Cape Recife and foundered just north of the Cape Recife in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1890: Robilant, this Italian iron steam-powered brig-rigged vessel struck Jacob’s Reef, just off Jacobsbaai off the west coast in the Western Cape, in dense fog and wrecked.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1995: Zingara, this motor-powered South African fishing vessel wrecked in mist and stormy seas in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Jacobs Bay, South Africa-32.9689807 17.8909697-61.279214536178849 -17.2652803 -4.6587468638211575 53.0472197tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-9206441497346709542024-03-03T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-03T07:30:00.160+02:00South Africa: L’Eclair, Albert, Memento, Jack Stubbs & Miner shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 5:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1821: L’Eclair, this French wooden sailing vessel wrecked at Blaauwberg in Table Bay in the Western Cape whilst trying to enter the bay at night. Six lives were lost during the event.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1857: Albert, this South African wooden schooner struck Danger Point in the Western Cape on this day, with the crew managing to get it off and then running it aground on a beach near Struisbaai where it was condemned and sold off.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1857: Miner, this French schooner capsized in a heavy squall near Mouille Point in Cape Town in the Western Cape. Mr Granger managed to rescue all nine that were on board with his whale boat and his heroics were recognised with Granger Bay being named after him.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nFH0TARoEYljrZjaWaXhcNHyKcUIdZRq3O8Rh3SDAc0WlrDNr2BKPUolwK9a3OHycet_nc5IrHARa90Ub0Im6YIEgeWDfLkF10pJVrlNeFqMAdzE4Fp2xBKXpVlFdL980ZOD0dFWUimheqs0FiWS1yjRV421wIWLGZSUIvFmcDspJAG6rVGq9JNgP0Y/s1125/cape%20town.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1125" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nFH0TARoEYljrZjaWaXhcNHyKcUIdZRq3O8Rh3SDAc0WlrDNr2BKPUolwK9a3OHycet_nc5IrHARa90Ub0Im6YIEgeWDfLkF10pJVrlNeFqMAdzE4Fp2xBKXpVlFdL980ZOD0dFWUimheqs0FiWS1yjRV421wIWLGZSUIvFmcDspJAG6rVGq9JNgP0Y/w640-h426/cape%20town.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The provided image with the middle of the image showing Granger Bay and the Oceana Power Boat Club within it, as well as the DHL Cape Town stadium just to the right of it.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1876: Memento, this wooden barque parted its cables during a south-easterly gale and was wrecked at Cove Rock in East London in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1992: Jack Stubbs, this South African crayfishing vessel wrecked on Dassen Island in the Western Cape after its radar failed.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Mouille Point, Cape Town, 8005, South Africa-33.900409 18.4031254-64.877124104624016 -16.7531246 -2.9236938953759903 53.5593754tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-41371393460331150422024-03-02T07:30:00.001+02:002024-03-02T07:30:00.244+02:00South Africa: Albert Juhl & Eclair shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpcDE7zn9gJpvCJYQcxeHvL78F3QV0bnMR8DuWHYVi_uYdMCehBE3TV44Y0Wqo_x2NO2TyEp4fG9CBgPC6wswzp38ngP3FTopCE3rzn22cU4-o0zEtQEs1DCsG-CMi9GqUABbKkzN9xMJeJoC6R2C3fgX0lWcDJDtOmzO0ZdQbaxmuIhcl4kboctDjSc/s800/931591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpcDE7zn9gJpvCJYQcxeHvL78F3QV0bnMR8DuWHYVi_uYdMCehBE3TV44Y0Wqo_x2NO2TyEp4fG9CBgPC6wswzp38ngP3FTopCE3rzn22cU4-o0zEtQEs1DCsG-CMi9GqUABbKkzN9xMJeJoC6R2C3fgX0lWcDJDtOmzO0ZdQbaxmuIhcl4kboctDjSc/w640-h426/931591.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Kolmanskop shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 4:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1876: Albert Juhl, this 3-masted schooner wrecked on Orient Beach in East London in the Eastern Cape. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1938: Eclair, this South African steam-powered fishing vessel (ex whaler) wrecked in dense fog on Kanon Point, just east of the Gourits River mouth in the Western Cape. Of the 21 members of the crew, one was washed overboard and drowned, whilst the rest made it safely to shore.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0East London, South Africa-33.000327 27.8415063-55.092133291112333 -7.3147437000000011 -10.908520708887661 62.9977563tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-75454092492946431192024-03-01T07:30:00.000+02:002024-03-01T07:30:00.234+02:00South Africa: Thunderbolt, Tugela, Bierstadt, Emelia, Onaway, Avala & Dorita shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 3:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1847: Thunderbolt, this wooden naval paddle steamer (which was also sail rigged) was returning from a survey of the Buffalo River Mouth when it struck a reef after rounding Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape. The captain managed to bring it into Algoa Bay and beached the steamer near the mouth of the Baakens River. An attempt was made to repair it, but it was further damaged by a storm. The steamer was eventually salvaged, and the remaining hull was blown up more than 40 years later. The reef that the steamer struck is now called Thunderbolt reef.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1868: Tugela, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked in a light north-easterly wind on Back Beach in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. A single pin was found to have broken out of the shackle that was holding its anchor chain.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1877: Bierstadt, this wooden barque wrecked on Nahoon Point in East London after its cables parted in a north-westerly gale.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1877: Emelia, this wooden schooner wrecked at Dyer Island in the Western Cape, in a north-westerly (in some reports a north-easterly) gale whilst loading guano.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1892: Onaway, this wooden barque wrecked near the lighthouse, on the south pier of the inner breakwater at Durban harbour in KwaZulu-Natal. The Captain’s certificate was suspended and the cause of wrecking was determined to be negligence on behalf of the Captain, who had not been to Durban since the construction of the south pier and he mistook it for the north pier.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1939: Avala, this steel steam-powered cargo ship wrecked about 1km west of Quoin Point in the Western Cape in heavy fog. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats and landed safely on shore. Although the reports on the amounts of each item of cargo vary, the main cargo included 7000 tons of Coca-Cola, and a smaller amount of beer, wine, and coal.</b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1970: Dorita, this South African fishing vessel foundered near Paternoster, on the west coast in the Western Cape.</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkggz9MGnHG-GdggJEBA6_WVAqylIjSEm74sVSKSMkqMhRRuR8cJCPW_KPueJ1RhxuMKjzoedGtxUx5ZlEBlU-23ZT1PhPmdqc77TvfmeXiUysShyfWBl4I1xMc6YWV331kxtYTqDpkG7apbo6zFnralYvVGvBMxiY9-zDILV4Ti10A30kVuO3I-hEYI/s1080/Thunderbolt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivkggz9MGnHG-GdggJEBA6_WVAqylIjSEm74sVSKSMkqMhRRuR8cJCPW_KPueJ1RhxuMKjzoedGtxUx5ZlEBlU-23ZT1PhPmdqc77TvfmeXiUysShyfWBl4I1xMc6YWV331kxtYTqDpkG7apbo6zFnralYvVGvBMxiY9-zDILV4Ti10A30kVuO3I-hEYI/w640-h480/Thunderbolt.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Image 1: A painting by T. Baines (1848) showing the Thunderbolt (1847) steaming into the Baakens River.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBPD9PXs218HVi4U9uxCjBI3up6gWMyWwLyD5lijA-gOmal5ML1Aqagr_uRaMmv22bafFDZRgzewddPwnS2QXxfUDBi2CuEKDB002e23amV80EctVMeWOvnOvyznCuQnwHO4j94HKlQSiohSFgYODuYNumZCzNFeDhNs9rY7V32c67dmi7XmiTBJEdqQ/s400/Avala.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="400" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBPD9PXs218HVi4U9uxCjBI3up6gWMyWwLyD5lijA-gOmal5ML1Aqagr_uRaMmv22bafFDZRgzewddPwnS2QXxfUDBi2CuEKDB002e23amV80EctVMeWOvnOvyznCuQnwHO4j94HKlQSiohSFgYODuYNumZCzNFeDhNs9rY7V32c67dmi7XmiTBJEdqQ/w640-h516/Avala.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Image 2: The freighter Avala (1939) stuck on a submerged reef after it was abandoned near Quoin Point, photographed by The Argus airplane.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixh8ZK97LDnQJncTAbTdGIQfP_U3Mo3eGcBcRUHxsQaI5T8JEVY77TfDKV_rZw_sUDZHj55_B5UtpbKKMtHvXd9YX_qxqW3WUYfUqzwJzidJYi9OzpWviBbZ9-JEdcdlPyzfsOPdscU0cnu7Y1HEZ24hYeCNSyAAJBuK5uYoMIfL83I_XAoZXzXZzW9Ws/s400/Avala2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="400" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixh8ZK97LDnQJncTAbTdGIQfP_U3Mo3eGcBcRUHxsQaI5T8JEVY77TfDKV_rZw_sUDZHj55_B5UtpbKKMtHvXd9YX_qxqW3WUYfUqzwJzidJYi9OzpWviBbZ9-JEdcdlPyzfsOPdscU0cnu7Y1HEZ24hYeCNSyAAJBuK5uYoMIfL83I_XAoZXzXZzW9Ws/w640-h362/Avala2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Image 3: The boats and crew of the freighter Avala (1939) after landing safely on the nearby beach, photographed by The Argus airplane.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39kQ-yCfUtX1mW1FO-iMkonaFXro4oJVU0en1K19-eO7TLujbYGQiZ1GZE7ebWmi2qnmFnXHiL70mMCV0kSyHouZSS2O7FYImQfCEI0mIlkTHkxhAbNN4EgiuJmDr2QAOdBDi5IBa6HkGKfjSqyTHsyhIdR7W7qJjpaGYFmxJjNODkc1FqSt4K-iVIAY/s265/Onaway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="190" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39kQ-yCfUtX1mW1FO-iMkonaFXro4oJVU0en1K19-eO7TLujbYGQiZ1GZE7ebWmi2qnmFnXHiL70mMCV0kSyHouZSS2O7FYImQfCEI0mIlkTHkxhAbNN4EgiuJmDr2QAOdBDi5IBa6HkGKfjSqyTHsyhIdR7W7qJjpaGYFmxJjNODkc1FqSt4K-iVIAY/w459-h640/Onaway.jpg" width="459" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Image 4: The Onaway (1892) after running aground in Durban.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Paternoster, 7381, South Africa-32.8095585 17.8946521-61.119792336178847 -17.2615979 -4.4993246638211559 53.0509021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-72634997448648741312024-02-29T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-29T07:30:00.295+02:00South Africa: Jorawur shipwreck<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 2:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1887: Jorawur, this iron sailing vessel was damaged after a storm on the 29th June 1886 and was put into in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape for repairs on the 9th of July 1886. By the 30th of October 1886, it was condemned and sold off. It remained lying in anchorage until the new owners could decide what they wanted to do with the condemned vessel.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YB7pa1kxrdeaiR7lTI-I2Om2IDZ989sIDPldlxU7hy_7aJG2fqlpXokqQ4ocQBZAbCeYr8DVbCs9DKt6UW7G-yDArXyGzGh5sKuqDFF942xYCO3nLvrTwSwUBPRRXrz9122zXbjdjMVTVNAF2fgAjvOsUBIQ7ulRAgrkdo3xE4MpodvMpJToCmJ3t_s/s1024/Jorawur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1024" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YB7pa1kxrdeaiR7lTI-I2Om2IDZ989sIDPldlxU7hy_7aJG2fqlpXokqQ4ocQBZAbCeYr8DVbCs9DKt6UW7G-yDArXyGzGh5sKuqDFF942xYCO3nLvrTwSwUBPRRXrz9122zXbjdjMVTVNAF2fgAjvOsUBIQ7ulRAgrkdo3xE4MpodvMpJToCmJ3t_s/w640-h496/Jorawur.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b>Hulk of the Jorawur</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>During a south-easterly gale on this day, the anchor cables parted, and it was driven up on the beach where it wrecked.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com07JM3+WX Boknes Strand, South Africa-33.7152114 26.6049709-34.171452388818437 26.05565449375 -33.258970411181565 27.15428730625tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-65043257498063757022024-02-28T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-28T07:30:00.127+02:00South Africa: Haddon Hall, Bokkeveld II, Theresa III & Tara shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>February 1:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1913: Haddon Hall, this British steam-powered steel cargo liner wrecked at Morison’s Point in Danger Bay, just west of Saldanha Bay on the west coast in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5cMB6sZGm2mu6SDwGr1DT2hs73f6bO9QworJAhp0nUNoxS29e2MVZRRkzp8QGu7COH804mWaG21sl_K5TnOLvAl_NRCSzZAqXfxjqWG-YKiX-ePapz8PQjjyNPDbOx_IKXkb48lHxUd7rg8Qw_9vlvFll-u2cID1DYR9mt-Mk99xPLd__QmXkh-CvgI/s1180/Haddon%20Hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1180" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5cMB6sZGm2mu6SDwGr1DT2hs73f6bO9QworJAhp0nUNoxS29e2MVZRRkzp8QGu7COH804mWaG21sl_K5TnOLvAl_NRCSzZAqXfxjqWG-YKiX-ePapz8PQjjyNPDbOx_IKXkb48lHxUd7rg8Qw_9vlvFll-u2cID1DYR9mt-Mk99xPLd__QmXkh-CvgI/w640-h348/Haddon%20Hall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">After running aground three members of the crew jumped overboard and drowned, whereas the remaining crew of 54 got off safely. The wreck now lies at about 10m in depth. The provided image is a painting of the Haddon Hall, painted a year before it was lost by an unknown artist (potentially a 'pierhead painter').</b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1959: Simon van der Stel, a Comair Lockheed 18 Lodestar (registration no. ZS-ASV), this passenger transport aircraft was ditched (which means to land on a water surface in a controlled manner) in the ocean, off Ifafa Beach in KwaZulu-Natal. It was on a newspaper delivery route from Durban to Port Elizabeth when an engine failure resulted in the captain being unable to maintain height. The crew of three survived, with the aircraft sinking.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1978: Bokkeveld II, this South African fishing vessel foundered near Shark Point between Cape St. Francis and St. Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1986: Theresa III, this whaler was scuttled for target practice off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. It was meant to be used a floating breakwater in Saldanha Bay, but a south-easterly gale drove it onto the rocks at Salamander Bay and after an inspection of the damage, the choice was made to have the SAS Kimberley tow it to Simons Town instead. Here it was scuttled for target practice by the South African Navy.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2016: Tara, this South African yacht wrecked in fog at Bokpunt, just north of Koeberg in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Saldanha Bay, South Africa-33.0389488 17.9887402-61.349182636178845 -17.1675098 -4.7287149638211545 53.144990199999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-70925894616569664392024-02-27T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-27T07:30:00.133+02:00South Africa: Nieuwe Rhoon, Sir John St Aubyn, James Shepherd, Bismarck, Reistad, Dorothea, Harry Mundahl, Magnet & Bluff shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>January 31:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1776: Nieuwe Rhoon, this wooden sailing vessel struck whale rock in Table Bay in a south-easterly gale and was badly damaged. It was towed and subsequently beached at the Castle Jetty in Table Bay in the Western Cape, where its cargo was unloaded, and it was left to become a wreck.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrKkqaNNHCFRQggmkagOO01fJeJatPcB3B0fAvgyKIYTncAumLeKCMxCmwTAu5nvevXUqtM25T65o4Ehz3iutieZ6D9zKsUHuWzyvEzkgSr9u46UODh17MemNaLN1RUCjGYBC1T6IaehUEmXjTL00mkYaiFBonh1rpXwDZaM3aEDmOYi_Pi1E2gyobEE/s2048/Nieuwe%20Rhoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1354" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrKkqaNNHCFRQggmkagOO01fJeJatPcB3B0fAvgyKIYTncAumLeKCMxCmwTAu5nvevXUqtM25T65o4Ehz3iutieZ6D9zKsUHuWzyvEzkgSr9u46UODh17MemNaLN1RUCjGYBC1T6IaehUEmXjTL00mkYaiFBonh1rpXwDZaM3aEDmOYi_Pi1E2gyobEE/w424-h640/Nieuwe%20Rhoon.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b>Aerial shot of the excavation of the Nieuwe Rhoon (1776) in the Foreshore of Cape Town in 1971</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In 1970 during the construction of the Civic Centre building at the foreshore in Cape Town the remains of a wooden ship were uncovered. The subsequent excavation by the city’s building inspector, Bob Lightly, in 1971 revealed a section of the hull had survived partly covered by ballast consisting of iron shot. The excavation included the exposure of, and good written and drawn records of the timbers.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvPeI8yXlg4dGeqLezIpMBcvjfH502jjcCnLq4AUo3gWOUYuxv25H2DtFMHDL1iKCcbnjhRq7ArBDJsIucCp0SreLATryb0_Zm2arjpmelt9DcaSy6AofO7iB0Bx98j2JbqPr9z1DItm3ociPLqYpH1O6nsIwt-zPZMrfdNURU39JCsu9clgk_al_CE0/s2048/Nieuwe%20Rhoon2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="2048" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvPeI8yXlg4dGeqLezIpMBcvjfH502jjcCnLq4AUo3gWOUYuxv25H2DtFMHDL1iKCcbnjhRq7ArBDJsIucCp0SreLATryb0_Zm2arjpmelt9DcaSy6AofO7iB0Bx98j2JbqPr9z1DItm3ociPLqYpH1O6nsIwt-zPZMrfdNURU39JCsu9clgk_al_CE0/w640-h408/Nieuwe%20Rhoon2.jpg" width="640" /></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b>The Foreshore during the excavation of the Nieuwe Rhoon (1776). Construction of the Civic Centre in 1971</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Good quality photos taken during the excavation have also been of particular benefit. The artefacts recovered were relatively scarce and consisted of clay pipes, Chinese porcelain, glazed pottery, and peppercorns. These artefacts tentatively dated the ship to wrecking during the mid-18th century. The position of the wreck, lying at right angles to the old shoreline, and its location near to where an old wooden jetty is recorded indicates that it was deliberately beached. The lack of artefacts also indicates that there was plenty of time to empty its hull, thereby indicating that it did not wreck suddenly. Records show that a Dutch ship, the Nieuwe Rhoon was deliberately beached in Cape Town in 1776.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganm7i3FUFDEl2mglllYQcieKEs0GQKudwXQDndfW7HHfatmsMunvnKi21cwxng6KbDbnWgcSteD1v2UiO5y-qX6hf10BnIXJVhHV_Vj3iWGFfhEEsTDUcuCdZizdKru30HB29ntn-pf8xok5Nizbnta5PsBQbbbt8fFBb2rCEI4X0Y9p91n6VqMnf_js/s2048/Nieuwe%20Rhoon3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="2048" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganm7i3FUFDEl2mglllYQcieKEs0GQKudwXQDndfW7HHfatmsMunvnKi21cwxng6KbDbnWgcSteD1v2UiO5y-qX6hf10BnIXJVhHV_Vj3iWGFfhEEsTDUcuCdZizdKru30HB29ntn-pf8xok5Nizbnta5PsBQbbbt8fFBb2rCEI4X0Y9p91n6VqMnf_js/w640-h430/Nieuwe%20Rhoon3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b>Archaeologists excavating and exposing timbers of the Nieuwe Rhoon (1776) in 1971 in the Foreshore</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Therefore, Lightly concluded that the wreck uncovered at the Civic Centre was that of the Nieuwe Rhoon. The excavation was the first of its kind in South Africa and was important in showing that early wrecks can survive in a good state of preservation beneath reclaimed land.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1843: Sir John St Aubyn, this paddle-wheel driven steam-powered tug wrecked whilst towing the Sophia over the Kowie River bar in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape. Although the Sophia also went down during this event, it was refloated and remained in service for another 10 years.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1851: James Shepherd, this wooden sailing barque wrecked near Still Bay in the Western Cape.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1873: Bismarck, this iron steam-powered coaster wrecked on Madagascar Reef about 14 km southwest of the Keiskamma River in the Eastern Cape. It is often state that the Bismarck was the first steamer to have crossed the bar of the Buffalo River. Its bell is housed at the East London Museum.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1897: Reistad, this wooden sailing barque wrecked in a south-easterly gale in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. After its cables parted it was driven ashore, where it wrecked, and it even fouled the Norwegian barque Arnguda’s anchor in the process.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1898: Dorothea, this wooden sailing schooner wrecked near Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal. It sprang a leak and was abandoned to be driven ashore, after which it broke in two.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1901: Harry Mundahl, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked at Anchor Bay in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1916: Magnet, this sailing (in some reports a steam-powered) sealer/Robben Island packet wrecked at Hout Bay Harbour in Hout Bay in the Western Cape. Whilst passing through the entrance in a gale and a heavy swell in an attempt to find shelter, the ebb tide set it on the shore where it remained fast and wrecked.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1965: Bluff, this steam-powered trawler wrecked in thick fog whilst returning to Cape Town from the fishing ground, just south of Bakoven, off Victoria Road in the Western Cape. The cook drowned whilst the rest of the crew survived. During WWII, the Bluff served as a minesweeper for the South African Navy.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Cape Town, South Africa-33.9248685 18.4240553-62.235102336178848 -16.7321947 -5.6146346638211568 53.5803053tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-6506412656535097292024-02-26T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-26T07:30:00.239+02:00South Africa: Wheatlandside, Rosalie, Franze shipwrecks & RAF Consolidated Catalina<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>January 30:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1878: Wheatlandside, this fully-rigged wooden ship wrecked in a south-easterly gale on North End Beach in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. On the 16th of December it struck a reef whilst entering the harbour, which caused a hole in its bottom. On this day, a strong-south-easterly gale (south-westerly in some reports) caused its cables to part, and it wrecked on the beach.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1881: Rosalie, this sailing brig wrecked near Salt Vlei Point in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape. There is however a single mentioning of a Rosalie being active on the 29th of April 1881, so this may have just been a grounding event and more research will be required to determine whether it wrecked on this day.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1898: Franze, this steel sailing barque was caught out in a cyclone, which heeled the vessel over until it had taken on enough water, and it foundered south of Cape Padrone in the Eastern Cape. Of the crew of 14, three refused to take to the boats and presumably drowned when the barque foundered.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1945: RAF Consolidated Catalina (registration no. JX367), this seaplane was engaged in a training flight at Lake Mzingazi in Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal when it bounced on the water whilst attempting to land, and then crashed into the trees when the captain attempted to land it on dry land instead.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzPyUZJ9cBbpjN0O1Fm8E5nt9-a7G28YZ050CG3TYFW0k0oHvqYmE5NORwYEarC5FxAjeOwotymDmzgvRYnM2Osso5qQ-VPApbF2OvJoK76B3-9sfC_TvakNpCAHLD-YvL77ubC2GJFtzGWzVgp98U1BWMngA33IZflesM9Y1IxAuSoVg9QTr4z_VteE/s760/RAF%20Consolidated%20Catalina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="760" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzPyUZJ9cBbpjN0O1Fm8E5nt9-a7G28YZ050CG3TYFW0k0oHvqYmE5NORwYEarC5FxAjeOwotymDmzgvRYnM2Osso5qQ-VPApbF2OvJoK76B3-9sfC_TvakNpCAHLD-YvL77ubC2GJFtzGWzVgp98U1BWMngA33IZflesM9Y1IxAuSoVg9QTr4z_VteE/w640-h248/RAF%20Consolidated%20Catalina.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Of the crew of five, three were seriously injured and the two pilots sustained fatal injuries. The image is of the seaplane after having crashed.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Gqeberha, South Africa-33.9608369 25.6022423-62.271070736178842 -9.5540077 -5.6506030638211513 60.7584923tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-32003335119346383472024-02-25T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-25T07:30:00.125+02:00South Africa: Josephine & Saxon shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>January 29:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5NGlkCm-lZEiREvrHokYH-pLjUH76-oW0Hz0wxF8BraZU6VMlddg6bN4bHkbt72uZ4ymJ7cx8tQKB1M7_Xhc9K3wHnr_NOOy8XLEQ9VF2wBMgknfQucyl6h7Riybp6amq-zmOLafzdsNIOG_NCGG05im_Jfm_LnqRM8-yH-DeMG4ReZsJBDVz-5vaXM/s1024/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1024" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5NGlkCm-lZEiREvrHokYH-pLjUH76-oW0Hz0wxF8BraZU6VMlddg6bN4bHkbt72uZ4ymJ7cx8tQKB1M7_Xhc9K3wHnr_NOOy8XLEQ9VF2wBMgknfQucyl6h7Riybp6amq-zmOLafzdsNIOG_NCGG05im_Jfm_LnqRM8-yH-DeMG4ReZsJBDVz-5vaXM/w640-h464/12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Eduard Bohlen shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1844: Josephine, this wooden sailing schooner (a slaver) was broken up in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It was one of three vessels captured by the HMS Thunderbolt and it was broken up as soon as they arrived in the Cape. There were 457 enslaved people on board when the HMS Thunderbolt took it as a prize.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1896: Saxon, this Portuguese iron steam-powered coaster foundered on a reef about 1 km south of the mouth of Kosi Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. It had just been sold to a new owner and was on its way to Mozambique for delivery when it wrecked. All crew and passengers made it off on the lifeboats and were safely landed at Delagoa Bay. It is the most northerly currently known wreck on the South African coastline and is a popular dive site.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Maputo Bay, Mozambique-26.0828425 32.7633036-54.393076336178851 -2.3929463999999996 2.2273913361788438 67.9195536tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-83669567373611504362024-02-24T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-24T07:30:00.136+02:00South Africa: Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem & Sticky Fingers shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>January 28:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9uPWg6JhETsDmAuxhg4itp_QbnnyQUG-wibhLbAr2jvAYiS9eESLd8WjDU0TLUC5R75uAFh-io0AUTK6K8ZM8zPv4QEdeGQpdWCHWAExKwZ3rypsQ_mtLK6WZM95ItOaXswaZGbT0B877yBKwKufuxJLUACBoQx6QV8SZbG7QhL4bWGAnO4opgNFlpU/s5403/52773716610_8b2e8a61af_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="5403" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9uPWg6JhETsDmAuxhg4itp_QbnnyQUG-wibhLbAr2jvAYiS9eESLd8WjDU0TLUC5R75uAFh-io0AUTK6K8ZM8zPv4QEdeGQpdWCHWAExKwZ3rypsQ_mtLK6WZM95ItOaXswaZGbT0B877yBKwKufuxJLUACBoQx6QV8SZbG7QhL4bWGAnO4opgNFlpU/w640-h330/52773716610_8b2e8a61af_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Benguela Eagle shipwreck in Namibia</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1636: Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, this wooden sailing vessel disappeared at sea along the South African Coast. It was one of two vessels built by the survivors of the Nossa Senhora da Belem, which wrecked on the 24th of July 1635 at the Umzimvubu River mouth in the Eastern Cape. The da Boa Viagem had a crew of 137 on board and was launched with its sister vessel, the Nossa Senhora da Natividade whose captain believed the Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem to have foundered shortly after launching. Alternative dates for the loss are the 18th and the 20th of January.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2017: Sticky Fingers, this South African yacht foundered during heavy weather off the Mbashe River mouth in the Eastern Cape.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Mbashe, South Africa-32.195238874798363 28.824700863173611-45.263517673623269 11.246575863173611 -19.126960075973461 46.402825863173611tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943202622785633589.post-48715324468424366732024-02-23T07:30:00.000+02:002024-02-23T07:30:00.235+02:00South Africa: Severe, Racer, James Gaddarn, Crystal Wave & Goel No 1 shipwrecks<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>January 27:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1784: Severe, this French man-of-war wrecked on Blaauwbergstrand in Table Bay in the Western Cape after missing its stays and being driven ashore.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1879: Racer, this British wooden sailing brigantine wrecked in a gale somewhere along the Overberg coastline in the Western Cape. One source suggests that it wrecked near Marthapunt, near Skipskop, and another suggests that it wrecked near the Ratel River mouth, just east of Quoin Point. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1882: James Gaddarn/Goddern, this British wooden sailing barque wrecked in an east-north-easterly gale on Back Beach in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1894: Crystal Wave, this wooden sailing schooner capsized in a violent south-easterly squall in Hout Bay in the Western Cape with the loss of four lives. It is currently presumed that it foundered after capsizing, but more research is required to determine this accurately. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1976: Goel No 1, this motor-powered geophysical research vessel (a converted whaler) ran aground on Whale Rock and then wrecked just below the lighthouse on the south side of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. They had left Table Bay harbour late at night in a south-easterly gale with an apparent electrical fault on the ship’s instruments.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXp__8_HN03-Ik1cmPGOhfyIU47tY_iQAZdofGwZ9bAJGLmlnfrpDeiOYeJ7EeLdERLKzmHHgGLs1Pq4xW6AO65pi2a6s1K5cHNqapKJAOqY81KKUunMHmPeBz5rUXwMwLKMnm3QQdWXVYbl_D580rs1dTs9qrfECdTlvmxMPQshkakDJj6aMcluM73w/s1800/Goel%20No%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1800" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXp__8_HN03-Ik1cmPGOhfyIU47tY_iQAZdofGwZ9bAJGLmlnfrpDeiOYeJ7EeLdERLKzmHHgGLs1Pq4xW6AO65pi2a6s1K5cHNqapKJAOqY81KKUunMHmPeBz5rUXwMwLKMnm3QQdWXVYbl_D580rs1dTs9qrfECdTlvmxMPQshkakDJj6aMcluM73w/w640-h354/Goel%20No%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Goel No 1 shortly after wrecking and starting to disappear beneath the waves</b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The tugs Danie Hugo and Atlantic rendered assistance but, at 01:00 on the 28th, the ship was abandoned with two NSRI boats rescuing the crew of 19. An oil spill contaminated Table Bay and affected the marine life with fuel and lubricating oil being salvaged. Most of the wreck now lies at about 7 m in depth, perpendicular to the shore.</b></span></p><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.traveltonamibia.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.traveltonamibia.com</span></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">YouTube: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringNamibiaTV" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Exploring Namibia TV</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Purchase photo/4K video: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/video/gallery/hrenotan-2651005/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio1</a><span id="goog_1019596869"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span id="goog_1019596870"></span> <a href="https://www.pond5.com/artist/dronesberg" style="color: #77aaff; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">portfolio2</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial photo/video service/inquiries: </span><a href="mailto:info@traveltonamibia.com" style="color: #77aaff; font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: none;">info@traveltonamibia.com</a></div><div style="background-color: #776655; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15.456px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Telegram: <a href="https://t.me/ExploringNamibia" style="color: #ffcc77; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ExploringNamibia</span></a></div>Dronesberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992673660114723129noreply@blogger.com0Robben Island, South Africa-33.8076073 18.3712309-62.117841136178846 -16.7850191 -5.4973734638211553 53.5274809