SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
February 1:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1913: Haddon Hall, this British steam-powered steel cargo liner wrecked at Morison’s Point in Danger Bay, just west of Saldanha Bay on the west coast in the Western Cape.
After running aground three members of the crew jumped overboard and drowned, whereas the remaining crew of 54 got off safely. The wreck now lies at about 10m in depth. The provided image is a painting of the Haddon Hall, painted a year before it was lost by an unknown artist (potentially a 'pierhead painter').
1959: Simon van der Stel, a Comair Lockheed 18 Lodestar (registration no. ZS-ASV), this passenger transport aircraft was ditched (which means to land on a water surface in a controlled manner) in the ocean, off Ifafa Beach in KwaZulu-Natal. It was on a newspaper delivery route from Durban to Port Elizabeth when an engine failure resulted in the captain being unable to maintain height. The crew of three survived, with the aircraft sinking.
1978: Bokkeveld II, this South African fishing vessel foundered near Shark Point between Cape St. Francis and St. Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1986: Theresa III, this whaler was scuttled for target practice off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. It was meant to be used a floating breakwater in Saldanha Bay, but a south-easterly gale drove it onto the rocks at Salamander Bay and after an inspection of the damage, the choice was made to have the SAS Kimberley tow it to Simons Town instead. Here it was scuttled for target practice by the South African Navy.
2016: Tara, this South African yacht wrecked in fog at Bokpunt, just north of Koeberg in the Western Cape.
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