SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
May 8:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1842: Clyde, this ship entered Table Bay in the Western Cape on the 4th, caught fire, burned for four days, and was then scuttled on this day.
1857: Peacock, this sailing cutter foundered between Dyer Island and Danger Point in the Western Cape.
1888: Gerhardine, this wooden German sailing barque ran aground when its cables parted in a south-easterly breeze in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay the Eastern Cape. The captain was killed by falling debris and the cook and carpenter jumped overboard and were swept away, never to be seen again.
1901: Hasselnödder, this wooden Norwegian sailing barque was abandoned (and presumably foundered) about 100 km off Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay the Eastern Cape once it became apparent that it was sinking. The crew were picked up by the Bergonia and landed in Cape Town.
Hasselnödder (1901), anchored in Grimstad, Norway, 1880
2005: Lindsay, this South African fishing vessel (chokka boat) dropped its anchor and was struck by the refrigerator ship, the Ouro da Brazil, off Sardinia Bay in the Eastern Cape. Tragically, only two of its crew of 16 survived.
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