South Africa: Marietta, Shepherd & Aster shipwrecks

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Zeila shipwreck in Namibia

August 9:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1862: Marietta, this sailing brig wrecked on Woodstock Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape in the same north-westerly gale that claimed the Kate and the Crystal Palace the day before.

1874: Shepherd, this wooden-hulled sailing barque wrecked after striking the newly constructed Breakwater in Table Bay in the Western Cape.

1997: Aster, this motor powered fishing vessel was scuttled by the Western Province Diving Union to form an artificial reef next to the wreck of the Katsu Maru 25 in Hout Bay in the Western Cape. It lies level in the sand, with its deepest point at about 30 m.

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South Africa: Bonaventura & Le Napoleon shipwrecks

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Zeila wreck in Namibia

December 25:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1686: Bonaventura, this British wooden sailing ketch wrecked in St Lucia Bay in St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal. After mistaking which bay they were in as well as the timing of the tides, the ketch ran aground. The crew abandoned it until high tide would refloat it, and it did, but it happened too quickly, and it floated up the river where it wrecked. Of the ten that were on board, one drowned. They eventually made it to modern day Durban, which was not a formal settlement yet. Here they met survivors from the wrecks of the Good Hope and Stavinesse with whom they built a vessel by the name of Centaurus and they set sail for Cape Town on the 17th of February 1687. They arrived at Cape Town on the 1st of March. It is reported that two of the survivors of the Bonaventura stayed behind as they wanted to live amongst the friendly locals. 

1805: Le Napoleon, this wooden sailing privateer was driven ashore and wrecked at Olifantsbos on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape whilst being pursued by the Royal Navy frigate, HMS Narcissus. It has been reported that some of the remains of the vessel can be observed near the carpark at the start of the Thomas T Tucker shipwreck trail.

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