SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
February 9:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1876: Lady MacDonald, this British wooden barque wrecked on the northern coastline of Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1990: Zuidam, this South African fishing vessel wrecked in a storm just west of Struispunt, near Arniston/Waenhuiskrans in the Western Cape.
Within a few months of wrecking, very little remained of the Zuidam (1990) because it burnt out
Shortly after wrecking, it burnt out. The remains quickly deteriorated but were still visible from the beach, in the surf zone, until about 1998.
1992: Prins Willem, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked at Skulphoek in Hermanus in the Western Cape.
The Prins Willem (1992), whilst in a leaky condition, was driven onto the rocks where it became stuck
It struck an unknown object and started leaking in a heavy swell, and was driven ashore to stop it from foundering, resulting in the loss of one life and the vessel becoming a wreck.
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