Saturday, 11 May 2024

South Africa: Sandvik, George T Hay & Hallelujah 20 shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

March 26:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1888: Sandvik, this Swedish wooden sailing barque wrecked just east of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape.

1906: George T Hay, this British wooden sailing vessel foundered 200 km south of Cape St Blaize in Mossel Bay in the Western Cape.

The George T Hay (1906) being launched at Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1887

1990: Hallelujah 20, this motor-powered fishing trawler wrecked on the beach in front of Cannon Rocks in the Eastern Cape. Its remains are still visible in the surf.

The remains of the Hallelujah 20 (1990) are still visible in the surf at Cannon Rocks in the Eastern Cape

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