SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
December 31:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1872: Elizabeth Brown, this wooden sailing snow/brig wrecked in a south-easterly gale at Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.
1872: North East, this iron sailing barque wrecked in a south-easterly gale between the Ratel River mouth and Rietfontein Farm in the Western Cape.
1880: Lancastria, this wooden sailing barque was anchored in an exposed position in Table Bay between Robben Island and Blaauwbergstrand in the Western Cape when a south easterly gale parted its anchor cables and they were forced to drive the barque ashore, wrecking near Blaauwbergstrand. The archival records initially reported the wrecking at Robben Island, but further research revealed that it had wrecked on the mainland.
1956: Adelfotis, this Costa-Rican steam-powered cargo ship wrecked in a heavy fog, heavy swell, and a moderate south easterly wind on a reef just off Quoin Point in the Western Cape.
The Adelfotis (1956) under its previous name of Tovelil at an unknown location
1970: Smit-Lloyd 102, this oil-rig supply vessel capsized in a storm after an explosion and sank southeast of the Storms River Mouth in the Eastern Cape.
The Smit-Lloyd 102 (1970), date and location unknown
Two of the crew of seven made it onto the lifeboat and reached the shore with the remaining five perishing with the vessel.
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