SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
January 20:
Suiderkus wreck in Namibia
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1694: Dageraad, this VOC Cape packet ran aground in thick mist and wrecked on the west side of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It was returning from the west coast, where it had picked up survivors from the wreck of the Gouden Buys were it also assisted in its salvage. When the Dageraad wrecked, 16 men drowned. Daniël Silliman survived the wrecking of both ships and went on to write a book about these experiences when he returned to the Netherlands.
1860: Otto, this Russian sailing barque wrecked in Otter Bay at Struispunt, just south of Arniston/Waenhuiskrans in the Western Cape. An anchor which was found on the beach nearby is presumed to have come from the wreck and was moved to the Bredasdorp Museum in 1995.
1958: Florence Brierley, this South African steam-powered fishing trawler was scuttled by the SA Navy about 14 km west of Slangkop Lighthouse in the Western Cape.
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