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February 25:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1869: Jason, this vessel wrecked in either False Bay or Table Bay in the Western Cape after being blown off the slip during a heavy south-easter whilst in for repairs. The Jason ran ashore near Cape St Francis in the Eastern Cape on the 14th of January and was abandoned by its crew. The steamer HMS Racoon managed to get it off and towed it back to the Cape. It was here, on this day, whilst on the slip in either Table Bay or False Bay that it was blown into the water by a heavy south-easter, where it swung ashore and wrecked.
1898: Viking, this steam-powered vessel returned to harbour in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal 5 hours after leaving for a fishing trip and wrecked. It got caught out in heavy seas whilst crossing the bar, capsized, and started sinking quickly. The tugboats Sir John and Richard King as well as the dredger Beaver were outside at the time and immediately assisted. The Sir John picked up two survivors whilst three further survivors made it to shore. Eight members of the crew were not as fortunate and drowned.
1906: Linnet, this British steel steam-powered fishing trawler wrecked at the mouth of the Shelbertsstroom estuary in Kaysers Beach in the Eastern Cape because of the the sudden onset of an easterly current. Of the 18 that were on board, three lives were lost.
1910: Crusader, this steel steam-powered cargo ship wrecked on a reef just east of Bird Island in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1953: Kingfisher, this motor-powered ski boat foundered after being caught out by a ‘freak’ wave in the Umgeni River mouth in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal with the loss of all six lives that were on board.
1964: Mooivlei, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel was scuttled off Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape.
1969: Girl Anne, this South African fishing vessel wrecked just south of the Groenrivier Lighthouse in the Northern Cape due to heavy fog.
1992: Padre, this motor-powered ski boat capsized in heavy weather and foundered at 12 Mile Bank off Struisbaai in the Western Cape with the loss of three lives.
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