SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
March 29:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1823: Zeepaard, this 20-gun wooden Dutch corvette was run aground off Cape Recife in Sardinia Bay in the Eastern Cape during the night in a thick fog. It became a total wreck, and eight lives were lost with many survivors being severely injured.
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| A model of what the Zeepaard (1823) looked like in 1819 |
Many of its guns were salvaged before the wreck was formally protected and can be found at places in Port Elizabeth, such as Bayworld Museum.
1842: San Antonio, this Portuguese wooden sailing brig (a slaver) wrecked near Hout Bay in the Western Cape.
1876: Namaqua I, this British iron-hulled steam powered coaster wrecked at Island Point, just south of Hondeklipbaai in the Northern Cape. Scattered bits of wreckage are visible today, lying high-and-dry.
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| What was still visible of the Namaqua I (1876) a few years ago |
1976: Shin Yuo Mou 61, this Chinese motor-powered fishing vessel foundered, after an explosion, near Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape.
1979: Ocean Surf, this South African motor-powered fishing trawler’s engine failed, and the anchor could not hold it.
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| The Ocean Surf (1979) after having run aground |
It lead to fast wrecking after being beached on Casuarina Beach near Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal. Reportedly, one person drowned because of the accident.
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