SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Kolmanskop trawler wreck near Swakopmund, Namibia
August 18:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1837: Antelope, this wooden-hulled schooner wrecked on Woodstock Beach in Table Bay in the Western Cape. It had previously run aground in Table Bay in 1822 but was refloated. It most likely lies beneath reclaimed land today.
1840: Frances, this brig wrecked near Mouille Point in Table Bay in the Western Cape with the loss of one life. Very little is known about this vessel.
1844: Seaforth, this wooden-hulled schooner wrecked when the wind dropped, on the east bank of the Kowie River in the Eastern Cape.
1874: May, this vessel disappeared between Table Bay in the Western Cape and Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. It is presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands. Very little is known about it.
1902: Esperanca, this sailing barque wrecked near Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal. Very little is known about this vessel.
1906: Cingalese, this vessel ran aground at the Hood Point lighthouse in East London in the Eastern Cape on this day. It was refloated and towed into the harbour, where it was broken up. The Hood Point lighthouse, at the time of the wrecking of the Cingalese, had a more red and white checkerboard appearance, with its more familiar all white-colour only being painted in 1929.
1970: Godetia, this fishing trawler was scuttled about 3 km off the Macassar Beach Pavilion in False Bay in the Western Cape.
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