SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
December 16:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1809: Reliance, this American wooden sailing vessel was broken up in Table Bay in the Western Cape. Very little is known about it.
1814: William Pitt, this British East Indiaman wrecked somewhere between Algoa Bay and St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape. It was only known to have wrecked from items washing ashore with no survivors having been reported. The Stag searched for evidence of its wrecking and found further proof, such as a medicine chest lid with the name ‘William Pitt’ on it.
1817: Amsterdam, this 80-gun Dutch man-of-war wrecked at the eponymous Amsterdamhoek at Bluewater Bay in the Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
Part of the display on the Amsterdam (1817) at Bayworld Museum in Port Elizabeth
The captain made the decision to run the warship ashore after having sprung a leak in a storm. Three men lost their lives and the survivors travelled to the nearest town, which at the time was Uitenhage/Kariega, before eventually making their way back to the Netherlands. Bayworld Museum has an exhibit on this vessel.
Display on the Amsterdam (1817) at Bayworld Museum in Port Elizabeth
1881: Albatross, this German sailing barque’s anchor cables parted during a south-easterly gale and it wrecked along the bight in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1896: Rainbow, this Norwegian wooden barque wrecked at Stalwart Point, between the Great Fish and Mpekweni rivers.
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