Tuesday, 12 December 2023

South Africa: Vigilant, Florence, Annie S & Bechuana shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

December 11:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1853: Vigilant, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked in a south-easterly gale at the mouth of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape.

1859: Florence, this sailing schooner struck a rock and foundered in the entrance to the port at Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape.

1875: Annie S, this wooden sailing brigantine struck the bar in the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape whilst being towed by the tug Buffalo. It then drifted onto the western bank where it became a total wreck. 

1950: Bechuana, this motor-powered coasting freighter wrecked just south of Kleinsee/Kleinzee in the Northern Cape.

Bechuana after having run aground and before being broken up by the ocean.

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