Wednesday, 5 June 2024

South Africa: Dido, Mocha, Star of the East & Albatross shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

April 10:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

Kolmanskop shipwreck in Namibia

1853: Dido, this sailing barque wrecked on a reef off Mouille Point in Table Bay in the Western Cape.

1853: Mocha, this sailing barque caught alight and sank between Bird and St Croix Islands in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

1861: Star of the East, this wooden sailing ship wrecked at one of three possible locations in the Western Cape, pending the report: Ryspunt north of Arniston, Port Beaufort near the Breede River mouth, or seemingly most likely at Ystervarkpunt west of the Gouritz River mouth.

1863: Albatross, this steam-powered tug foundered after striking the eponymous Albatross Rock near Olifantsbos on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.

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