SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
March 10:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1821: Cerberus, this wooden sailing vessel ran aground on Blaauwbergstrand in Table Bay in the Western Cape. Although attempts were made to get it off, by the 22nd it was decided that the vessel would be lost and it remained there, becoming a wreck.
1858: Stoic, this wooden sailing cutter wrecked north of the M’bashe Lighthouse, halfway between East London and Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape. It is believed that this was the first vessel built in East London.
1939: Pickle, this South African fishing vessel sank in the then Port Elizabeth harbour in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. It was later raised and scuttled in Algoa Bay.
2010: René Sethren, this South African Navy strike craft (P1566) was intentionally scuttled by a missile during a military exercise off Cape Point in the Western Cape.
P1566 strike craft at an unknown date and location
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