SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
July 2:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1905: Clan Monroe, this steel turret-decked British steam-powered ship wrecked during a strong inset current on the rocks about 200 m north of the Slangkop Lighthouse near Kommetjie in the Western Cape. One life was lost when one of the rescue ropes broke and a man drowned.
The Clan Monroe (1905) hard aground where it wrecked
The wreck was visible for years but has since disappeared beneath the waves and now lies at a depth of about 7 m. It is believed that this wrecking event resulted in the construction of the Slangkop Lighthouse.
1917: On Sang, this British steam-powered ship foundered off Port St. John's in the Eastern Cape during a south-westerly gale.
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