SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
June 24:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1859: Magnolia, this wooden British brig struck a rock near the Knysna Heads in the Western Cape whilst leaving Knysna and subsequently wrecked.
1957: Steenbok, this motor-powered South African handline fishing vessel foundered off Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape.
1973: Philippine Leader, this oil tanker sustained a pump room explosion whilst sailing along the Eastern Cape coastline. The explosion killed six of its crew and split its hull in half.
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| The Philippine Leader (1973) after the explosion split it in two, with the Dutch tug Poolzee rendering assistance |
The stern section sank, but the bow section was towed to Algoa Bay and later to Singapore where it became a barge.
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