SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
May 15:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1942: Soudan, this British steam-powered cargo ship sunk after striking a mine which was most likely laid by the Doggerbank, off Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape. One life was lost because of this event.
The Soudan (1942), date and location unknown
1948: City of Durban, this Mercury Aviation Services Douglas DC-3 (registration no. ZS-BWY) crashed into Spitzberg, near the town of Vrede in the Free State during bad weather. All thirteen occupants died in the crash.
City of Durban/Mercury Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-BWY) crash site
City of Durban/Mercury Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-BWY) in what is believed to be modern day Namibia, from the National Archives of Namibia
1986: Gulliver, this South African yacht wrecked near Slangkop Lighthouse in Kommetjie, on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.
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