Friday, 29 March 2024

South Africa: Legionier & Juno shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

Natal Coast shipwreck in Namibia

March 2:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1842: Legionier, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked after its cables parted in a south-easterly gale at the Baakens River Mouth in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

1852: Juno, this Dutch sailing barque wrecked in dense fog directly below the lighthouse at Agulhas Point in the Western Cape with the loss of five passengers.

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