SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
February 27:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1848: Lady Leith, this wooden sailing brig wrecked in a south-easterly gale at Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape after having struck Thunderbolt reef.
1854: Katherine Gwladys, this wooden sailing schooner wrecked on Bird Island in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1861: Hero, this American whaling barque wrecked in a south easterly gale in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1890: Blythswood, this sailing barque wrecked at Green Point/Mouille Point in Table Bay in the Western Cape. There are differing reports for the date of the wrecking with another possible date being April 3rd.
1943: Colombia, this former passenger liner, which was converted into a submarine depot ship, was attacked and sunk by U-516 between Great Fish River point and East London in the Eastern Cape.
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| The Colombia (1943), at Herok, Iceland, date unknown |
It was being escorted by the British corvette, HMS Genista, and several RAF aircraft when a torpedo struck at its No. 2 hold, just before the bridge. It was immediately abandoned but sank within 10 minutes. A headcount revealed that eight men were missing, and they are presumed to have gone down with the ship.
1952: Dunkeld, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked near Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape.
1960: Two steel steam-powered pilot tugs, the Koodoo and the Mary, were scuttled in front of the Hood Point Lighthouse in East London, in the Eastern Cape.
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| The Koodoo (1960) and the Mary (1960) being towed out to be scuttled |
2001: Imp, this yacht was caught out in a storm and driven onto the rocks, to be wrecked, at Hout Bay in the Western Cape.
2014: Connect, this South African fishing vessel wrecked near Voelklip beach in Hermanus in the Western Cape with the loss of one life.
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