SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Irmgard wreck in Luderitz, Namibia
June 12:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1879: Elise, this German schooner wrecked in a south westerly gale near Struisbaai in the Western Cape.
1979: Evdokia, this Greek cargo ship was run aground to become a wreck, about 10 km east of the Storm’s River Mouth in the Eastern Cape. It had started taking on water when the decision was made to run it aground. Helicopters airlifted most of those on board to safety near Plettenberg Bay, but the captain and five officers remained on board to try and run it back to Algoa Bay. This was however unsuccessful, and the ship had to be run aground off Robbehoek, near the Storm’s River mouth. The six that remained on board lost their lives.
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