SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
September 5:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1859: Unity, the area of the wrecking of this British wooden sailing brig is under question as different sources claim different areas in the Western Cape as the wrecking site, such as Dassen Island, Saldanha Bay, and Bellows Rock. The most likely explanation is that it was lost on Bellows Rock off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape and that its wreckage washed up as far north as Dassen Island and Saldanha Bay. The crew of ten and its 6 passengers were all lost.
1885: Maron Neil, this sailing barque wrecked on Orient Beach, just east of the Buffalo River, in East London in the Eastern Cape after its cables parted.
1888: Hopefield Packet, this sailing schooner ran aground and possibly wrecked in Paternoster Bay on the Vredenburg Peninsula in the Western Cape. It is possible that it was refloated.
1976: Kerriefontein, this South African fishing vessel foundered in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1986: Maranatha, this fishing trawler ran aground near the Gouritz River mouth in the Western Cape after having sprung a leak. The crew was assisted by the NSRI and it is possible that it was refloated.
Ikan Tanda
2001: Ikan Tanda, this Singaporean cargo carrier was driven ashore during a storm near Scarborough on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape after a fire broke out in its engine room and it lost power about 40 km outside of Cape Town. The crew were rescued by SAAF helicopters and the vessel was refloated by assistance from the tugs, John Ross and Wolraad Woltemade, which towed it 300 km out to sea to be scuttled, by order of the SAMSA.
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