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.
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| 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.
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| 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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