SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
June 18:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1861: Asiatic, this vessel foundered in a storm in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape with the loss of 15 of its crew.
1872: Telegraph, this wooden schooner foundered off Cape Hangklip in the Western Cape.
1885: Mazeppa, this British/South African sailing cutter wrecked in bad weather near Port Beaufort in the Western Cape.
1912: Mosvalla, this Norwegian whaler disappeared along with 10 people on board during a heavy storm after leaving Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape late at night. It was last spotted near Vondeling Island. The area was reportedly patrolled for weeks and only some deckhouse planking was ever found.
What remains visible of the Southern Author (1961) today and is locally known as "Die Dop"
1961: Southern Author, this South African whaler wrecked on Dassen Island in the Western Cape. Its upside-down bow is still visible at low tide, and it is locally known as ‘die dop’.
The Southern Author (1961) stuck on the rocks and being claimed by the sea
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