Thursday, 4 January 2024

South Africa: Alice Smith & Gelderland shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

December 21:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1861: Alice Smith, this sailing schooner wrecked at Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.

1988: Gelderland, this motor-powered seaward defense boat was scuttled by the SAS Fleur via demolition trials just off Duiker Point, near Maori Bay, about 4 km west of Hout Bay in the Western Cape.

SAS Gelderland (1988) in Table Bay, date unknown

It lies just west of the BOS 400 wreckage at 35 m in depth and its remains lie scattered in two main sections.

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