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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