SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Kolmanskop wreck in Namibia
August 16:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1828: Philip Dundas, this wooden-hulled sailing brig wrecked in a south-easterly gale at North End in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Two of the crew drowned.
1833: Flamingo, the wooden-hulled schooner caught alight and foundered in Buffels Bay at Cape Point in the Western Cape. The crew managed to abandon ship in a boat.
1863: Queen, this sailing barque wrecked at Back beach (modern day Golden Mile beach) after its anchors parted in a north-easterly gale whilst in the outer anchorage of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.
1866: Ilva, this wooden-hulled barque wrecked whilst loading cargo at the boating jetty in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.
1883: Cyclon, this sailing barque was put into Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape in a leaky condition and on the 21st of July it was condemned, and then on this day, it was beached and broken up.
1910: Khedive, this steel-hulled German steam-powered cargo liner wrecked at the Kei River mouth about 1.6 km off Cape Morgan. The only loss of life was that of the third officer. A local farmer rescued the crew and guided them to East London. He was later presented with a bronze statuette by the German government in appreciation of his kindness. The wreck now lies at about 12 m in depth. Much of its cargo was salvaged in the 80’s under a National Monument’s Council permit.
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