SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
April 8:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
Top 5 shipwrecks in Namibia YouTube video:
1845: Cottager, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked southwest of the entrance to Saldanha Bay off the west coast in the Western Cape. Two men died during the wrecking.
1878: Catherine Scott, this wooden sailing barque wrecked after its cables parted in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
1929: Western Knight, this steel steam-powered freighter ran aground in thick fog and abnormal currents between Willows and Schoenmakerskop in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.
A Ford Model A being salvaged from the Western Knight (1929)
After striking the rocks, the No. 3 hold, engine, and boiler flooded. The cargo was salvaged by the famous Captain H. F. van Delden, and included items like refrigerators, motor vehicles, tyres, and agricultural machinery.
The Western Knight's (1929) back broke shortly after wrecking
Frank Neave, a local photographer, spent several days photographing the wreck and the salvage operations.
The Western Knight (1929) being battered and broken by the surf
1953: Zulu Coast I, this motor-powered coaster wrecked in fog near the Groen River Mouth in Namaqualand on the west coast in the Northern Cape.
1976: Fong Shong 22, this steel motor-powered fishing vessel (tunny boat) wrecked in thick fog on the northwest point of Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape.
2000: Fame, this South African fishing vessel foundered off Ballito in KwaZulu-Natal.
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