SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
May 1:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1874: Lizzie, this wooden British brigantine wrecked after its cables parted, about 3 km north of Port Nolloth in the Northern Cape.
The following vessels are known to have wrecked in the month of May, but their exact days of wrecking are currently unknown:
1929: Una, this wooden South African fishing trawler was scuttled to form a breakwater at the Stony Point Whaling Station in Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape.
The Una (1929), visible during low tide in Betty's Bay, date unknown
1949: Siri, this fishing vessel wrecked on the rocks at Southport in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal.
1963: M J McLaughlin, this motor-powered South African barge was leaking, and while being towed, foundered south of Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal.
1968: Cleopatra, this motor-powered South African fishing vessel caught alight and was lost near the slip at Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape.
Tania (1970) at Buffels Bay Beach in 1995. The broken up remains now lie scattered in the rocks and the shallow water
1970: Tania, this motor-powered wooden fishing vessel wrecked at Buffels Bay Beach in False Bay on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. What is left of its remains can be seen scattered in the rocks just south of the beach.
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