SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
April 17:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1656: Oliphant, this Dutch wooden sailing vessel wrecked in Table Bay in the Western Cape.
1796: Ann & Eliza, this wooden sailing ship wrecked in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. Only five of the 40 on board survived.
1818: Tarleton, this British ship wrecked near the Castle in Table Bay in the Western Cape. Very little is known about it.
1851: Reflector, this British wooden sailing barque wrecked on a reef off St Helena Bay in the Western Cape. There is however one report that claims it sprung a leak and was lost near Saldanha Bay instead.
1943: Sembilan, this Dutch steam-powered cargo ship was sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci south east of Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal, over 300 km from the shore.
The Sembilan (1943), date and location unknown
It was loaded with munitions and exploded when it was struck by a torpedo. Only one crew member survived of the complement of 86. The Leonardo da Vinci would terrorize the eastern coastline of South Africa for the next week, claiming a further three ships.
1980: Mauritius 2, this motor-powered freighter foundered offshore, north of Durban off the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
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