SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
See also: Namibian shipwrecks
Today, March 13:
“This day in South African shipwreck History”
1826: Harmony, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked at Needles Point by the Knysna Heads in the Western Cape.
1839: Shylock, this wooden sailing cutter wrecked on a reef off Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape.
1853: Africa, this vessel wrecked in the Mthatha River in the Eastern Cape.
1879: A strong north easterly gale claimed three vessels in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal:
• Gazelle, this wooden sailing brig wrecked on Back Beach after its cables parted.
• Liba. This sailing schooner’s cables parted and it was driven onto the bar and then Back Beach where it wrecked.
• Zeba, this sailing schooner wrecked at the mouth of the harbour.
1953: Falken, this steam-powered whaler wrecked south of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It was being towed by the Carmen from Saldanha Bay when both vessels ran aground on Robben Island, but the Carmen was refloated whilst the Falken became a total loss.
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