South Africa: Oste, Oaklands, Clan Lindsay & Nautilus shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

March 20:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1859: Oste, this sailing vessel wrecked in a south easterly gale near Blaauwberg Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape.

1860: Oaklands, this wooden sailing barque wrecked near the Coega River Mouth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

1898: Clan Lindsay, this British steel steam-powered cargo ship was en-route from Clyde in Scotland to Mauritius with a general cargo when it was wrecked on the eponymous Clan Lindsay Rocks in Mazeppa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

The Clan Lindsay (1898) after having wrecked, with cargo salvage operations underway

1934: Nautilus, this steel steam-powered dredger was scuttled off the Durban coast in KwaZulu-Natal.

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South Africa: L’Eclair, Albert, Memento, Jack Stubbs & Miner shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

February 5:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1992: Jack Stubbs, this South African crayfishing vessel wrecked on Dassen Island in the Western Cape after its radar failed.

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