SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
May 20:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1819: Prins Willem I, this wooden Dutch brig was struck by lightning and subsequently became a wreck after being stranded on Woodstock Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape.
1855: Elvira, this wooden British sailing barque struck Robben Island during the night and then drifted onto the beach where it wrecked.
1884: Nebo, this steam-powered British freighter struck the northern edge of Aliwal shoal off KwaZulu-Natal at 8:20 in the morning.
Some diving charters advertise diving on the Nebo (1884) as one of the few wreck dives where there are so many fish
It was badly holed and foundered at around 12:00 just over 1 km from the Mahlongwa River mouth. Some reports indicate that two people drowned, but the Durban Port Captain reported no loss of life.
Divers around the stern section of the Nebo (1884), with the propeller
Over the coming weeks, thousands of railway sleepers washed up along the coastline. The wreck site can be dived and lies at around 27 m in depth, and forms part of the Aliwal Shoal dive sites. The wreck lies upside down with most of the large structure still intact which attracts much marine life.
1900: Mariposa, this British steel-hulled steam-powered vessel caught alight and burned with its cargo of hay for four days before being left to become a wreck in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
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