SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
March 31:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1826: Nautilus, this wooden sailing brig wrecked in Table Bay in the Western Cape.
1829: Columbine, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked north of the Cape Columbine Lighthouse off the west coast in the Western Cape. The lighthouse, which was built in 1936, is named after this wreck.
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| Cape Columbine Lighthouse: the Cape Columbine Lighthouse’s namesake is the nearby wreck of the Columbine (1829). Interestingly, another vessel, the Columbine (1944), a steam-powered merchant ship, was torpedoed about 40 km from this lighthouse on the 16th of June by U-198. |
1888: Emma, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked in the Mpekweni River, north of the Fish River lighthouse in the Eastern Cape.
1904: Lord Elgin, this British steel barque struck a rock and foundered in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1952: Knysna, this motor-powered fishing vessel was scuttled at Cape Recife in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
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