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.
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| 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.
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| 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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