SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
June 7:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1857: A north-westerly gale blowing into Table Bay in the Western Cape resulted in the wrecking of three vessels:
• Gitana, a schooner, wrecked near the Imhoff Battery after its cables parted.
• Helena, an Iron sailing schooner, was possibly driven onto the rocks at Granger Bay.
• Newport, a brigantine which wrecked near the Imhoff Battery.
• Rory Brown, a British brigantine, which wrecked near Imhoff Battery.
1943: An RAF Catalina (registration no. FP275) returned to St Lucia Bay in KwaZulu-Natal after conducting an anti-submarine mission, but the aircraft stalled on approach, resulting in it crashing on the south side of St Lucia Bay. One of the crew of eight survived.
1979: Three Dutch hopper barges, HAM 570, HAM 580 and HAM 582, were scuttled off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape by the SAS Windhoek, SAS Durban, and SAS Port Elizabeth.
1990: Marlina, this motor-powered South African fishing vessel wrecked on Dassen Island in the Western Cape.
2005: Kiperousa, this Maltese bulk carrier wrecked on a reef of the Bhenga River mouth, just south of Hamburg in the Eastern Cape.
The Kiperousa being battered shortly after running aground
Deene Collopy
She had already been aground a while by the time this picture was taken, as the first phase of the salvage had already been completed and that was removing her deck cargo of logs. Salvors brought in a Soviet era built MI26 from Sudan to lift off the deck cargo logs.
Dylan Knott
Wasn't she towed off then scuttled?
Deene Collopy
No - fell apart in situ after being pounded by heavy seas.
Dylan Knott
Couldn't have lasted too long. Seas rip apart ships in a few weeks.
Dylan Knott
Place charges were used to rip her open for mother nature to do her work quicker.
Deene Collopy
Correct, by this time all deck cargo had been airlifted off.
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