SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
March 19:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1756: La Cybelle, this 12-gun wooden sailing slaver wrecked north of Blaauwbergstrand in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It entered the bay in search of fresh water when it ran aground and wrecked.
1885: Princeport, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked on a reef near Dyer Island in the Western Cape.
1945: Astrida, this steam-powered passenger/cargo ship foundered, about 120 km south east of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
The Astrida (1945), date and location unknown
It capsized and foundered in a storm and a distress signal was radioed out before it went down. The frigate Nadder and the tug John Dock rescued 29 people within 10 hours of the sinking, however, 88 people were never found.
1984: Otori Maru 8, this motor-powered fishing vessel ran aground at Shell Point, just west of Quoin Point in the Western Cape.
The Otori Maru 8 (1984) in 1990
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