SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
April 11:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1890: Umvolosi, this British steel steam-powered cargo ship was run aground, but could not be repaired/refloated and became a wreck, near the Kleinemonde River’s mouths in the Eastern Cape. It struck a submerged rock, presumably Three Sister’s Rock, and to prevent it from sinking in deeper water, it was run aground.
1905: Rocket, this British wooden sailing schooner wrecked about 16 km east of the Keiskamma River mouth, possible near Kidd’s Beach, in the Eastern Cape.
1970: Phil, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel foundered off Quoin Point in the Western Cape.
1989: Harvest Taurus, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel was scuttled by the South African Navy south of Cape Point in the Western Cape.
1992: Galbashe, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel foundered at sea after it sprung a leak in the engine room, about 60 km from Cape Town off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.
1992: Tigo, this sailing yacht foundered after it sprung a leak and the pumps failed, just off Vondeling Island near Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape.
1993: A strong south-easterly storm struck False Bay in the Western Cape and claimed five vessels:
The storm of 1993 caused havoc in Kalk Bay. An 80-year-old jetty was also destroyed in the storm, and nearby buildings had their windows broken by the pounding waves
• Fetlar, this fishing vessel wrecked just outside of Kalk Bay Harbour
• Harry, this crayfish boat wrecked in Kalk Bay Harbour
• KB 90, this fishing vessel wrecked in Kalk Bay Harbour
2016 winter storm in Kalk Bay
• Misty Moon, this sailing yacht wrecked on Long Beach in Simon's Town
• Sea Lion, this fishing vessel wrecked in Kalk Bay Harbour
2008: Silver Reaper, this South African fishing vessel foundered near Jacob’s Reef, off the St Helena Peninsula off the west coast in the Western Cape.
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