South Africa: Asiatic, Telegraph, Mazeppa, Mosvalla & Southern Author shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

June 18:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1861: Asiatic, this vessel foundered in a storm in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape with the loss of 15 of its crew.

1872: Telegraph, this wooden schooner foundered off Cape Hangklip in the Western Cape.

1885: Mazeppa, this British/South African sailing cutter wrecked in bad weather near Port Beaufort in the Western Cape.

1912: Mosvalla, this Norwegian whaler disappeared along with 10 people on board during a heavy storm after leaving Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape late at night. It was last spotted near Vondeling Island. The area was reportedly patrolled for weeks and only some deckhouse planking was ever found.

What remains visible of the Southern Author (1961) today and is locally known as "Die Dop"

1961: Southern Author, this South African whaler wrecked on Dassen Island in the Western Cape. Its upside-down bow is still visible at low tide, and it is locally known as ‘die dop’.

The Southern Author (1961) stuck on the rocks and being claimed by the sea

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South Africa: Umvolosi, Rocket, Phil, Harvest Taurus, Galbashe, Tigo, Fetlar, Harry, Misty Moon, Sea Lion & Silver Reaper shipwrecks

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April 11:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1890: Umvolosi, this British steel steam-powered cargo ship was run aground, but could not be repaired/refloated and became a wreck, near the Kleinemonde River’s mouths in the Eastern Cape. It struck a submerged rock, presumably Three Sister’s Rock, and to prevent it from sinking in deeper water, it was run aground.

1905: Rocket, this British wooden sailing schooner wrecked about 16 km east of the Keiskamma River mouth, possible near Kidd’s Beach, in the Eastern Cape.

1970: Phil, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel foundered off Quoin Point in the Western Cape.

1989: Harvest Taurus, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel was scuttled by the South African Navy south of Cape Point in the Western Cape.

1992: Galbashe, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel foundered at sea after it sprung a leak in the engine room, about 60 km from Cape Town off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.

1992: Tigo, this sailing yacht foundered after it sprung a leak and the pumps failed, just off Vondeling Island near Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape.

1993: A strong south-easterly storm struck False Bay in the Western Cape and claimed five vessels:

The storm of 1993 caused havoc in Kalk Bay. An 80-year-old jetty was also destroyed in the storm, and nearby buildings had their windows broken by the pounding waves

• Fetlar, this fishing vessel wrecked just outside of Kalk Bay Harbour

• Harry, this crayfish boat wrecked in Kalk Bay Harbour

• KB 90, this fishing vessel wrecked in Kalk Bay Harbour

2016 winter storm in Kalk Bay

• Misty Moon, this sailing yacht wrecked on Long Beach in Simon's Town

• Sea Lion, this fishing vessel wrecked in Kalk Bay Harbour

2008: Silver Reaper, this South African fishing vessel foundered near Jacob’s Reef, off the St Helena Peninsula off the west coast in the Western Cape.

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March 14: This day in South African shipwreck History

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March 14:

“This day in South African shipwreck History”

1838: St Clair, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked in a south easterly gale off Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape with the loss of several lives (the exact number being unknown). 

1843: Conservative, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked north of Yzerfontein, possibly near Vondeling Island in the Western Cape. Its wrecking was under mysterious circumstances as there was no indication of how it wrecked, with six bodies later being washed ashore that confirmed suspicions that it had wrecked. 

1864: Sappho, this wooden sailing barque wrecked in a south easterly gale at Blaauwbergstrand in Table Bay in the Western Cape.

1866: Portsmouth, this sailing brig wrecked after its cables parted in a north westerly gale just east of the Coega River Mouth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. The cook drowned whilst trying to swim to shore. 

1982: Cape Point, this steel-hulled motor-powered fishing trawler wrecked after running onto rocks south of the Gourits River mouth in the Western Cape.

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