SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
December 18:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1863: Evelyn, this wooden sailing schooner wrecked in a north-westerly wind on Sunbeam Rock at Danger Point in the Western Cape. Four lives were lost because of the wrecking.
1898: Resolute, this steam-powered coaster wrecked near Paternoster on the west coast in the Western Cape. All ten that were on board drowned.
1903: Sappho, this Norwegian wooden barque was abandoned at sea, south west of Cape Town in the Western Cape. Very little is known about it.
1942: City of Hankow, this steam-powered cargo ship wrecked at Long Point in Danger Bay near Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape.
City of Hankow, date and location unknown
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