SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
May 23:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1888: Papa Risetto, this Italian sailing barque foundered in a hurricane near Morgan's Bay in the Eastern Cape. The crew was rescued by the Myvanwy and taken to Durban.
1909: Mabel, this wooden British cutter capsized outside of Salamander Bay in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. Three people drowned during the wrecking.
1910: Seier, this wooden Norwegian sailing barque struck a rock west of Walker Point near Knysna and was beached two hours later in Buffalo Bay in the Western Cape. It was carrying creosote as cargo when it wrecked which harmed the marine live all the way from Sedgefield to Knysna.
1925: Sceptre, this steam-powered British cargo ship struck a submerged object at 21:10 the night of the 22nd near Struisbaai in the Western Cape.
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| A porcelain washbasin which was salvaged from the Sceptre (1925) and is on display at the Bredasdorp Shipwreck Museum |
At 09:30 on the 23rd the captain abandoned ship with his crew, and they were picked up by the SS Mineric and were landed at Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. As for the fate of the Sceptre, it came lose and ran aground, wrecking about 900 m off Northumberland Point and by the 27th had broken its back.
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