SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
December 28:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical history”
1811: Clipper, this wooden sailing brig wrecked near the Battery on Woodstock Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape. Very little is known about it.
1859: Hastings, this vessel wrecked in the Great Fish River in the Eastern Cape.
1911: Falcon, this British iron steam-powered ship wrecked in thick fog at Green Point at Clansthal in KwaZulu-Natal.
1973: An Executive Funds Douglas DC-3 (registration no. ZS-DAK) was on approach to Durban Airport in KwaZulu-Natal when its no. 1 engine stopped and it had to be ditched whilst turning to the beach.
The plane crash on the beach
Of the 25 that were on board, one passenger lost their life by drowning.
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