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.
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| 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.
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| City of Durban/Mercury Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-BWY) crash site |
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| 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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