Saturday, 17 February 2024

South Africa: L'August/Auguste & Blink shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

January 22:

Shawnee wreck in Namibia

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1858: L'August/Auguste, this French barque struck a reef during a gale and wrecked at Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape with the loss of eight lives.

1940: Blink, this steel steam-powered whaler was scuttled off the Durban coast in KwaZulu-Natal. There is some speculation that the famous ‘Coopers Light Wreck’, which is a popular diving spot, is the wreck of the Blink. However, no studies have managed to confirm this.

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