SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
April 8:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
Top 5 shipwrecks in Namibia YouTube video:
1845: Cottager, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked southwest of the entrance to Saldanha Bay off the west coast in the Western Cape. Two men died during the wrecking.
1878: Catherine Scott, this wooden sailing barque wrecked after its cables parted in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1929: Western Knight, this steel steam-powered freighter ran aground in thick fog and abnormal currents between Willows and Schoenmakerskop in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
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| A Ford Model A being salvaged from the Western Knight (1929) |
After striking the rocks, the No. 3 hold, engine, and boiler flooded. The cargo was salvaged by the famous Captain H. F. van Delden, and included items like refrigerators, motor vehicles, tyres, and agricultural machinery.
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| The Western Knight's (1929) back broke shortly after wrecking |
Frank Neave, a local photographer, spent several days photographing the wreck and the salvage operations.
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| The Western Knight (1929) being battered and broken by the surf |
1953: Zulu Coast I, this motor-powered coaster wrecked in fog near the Groen River Mouth in Namaqualand on the west coast in the Northern Cape.
1976: Fong Shong 22, this steel motor-powered fishing vessel (tunny boat) wrecked in thick fog on the northwest point of Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape.
2000: Fame, this South African fishing vessel foundered off Ballito in KwaZulu-Natal.
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