South Africa: Montgomery, Eliza, Breerivier & Rigil K shipwrecks

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Henrietta Spasheti wreck in Namibia

March 15:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1847: Montgomery, this American sailing vessel wrecked in a south easterly gale on a reef off Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape.

1859: Eliza (in some databases the Faramound), this vessel is believed to have wrecked near the Great Brak River in Mossel Bay in the Western Cape with fragments of a vessel washing up there. Very little is known about it. 

1972: Breerivier, this South African motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked at Cape St Martin on the Vredenburg Peninsula off the west coast in the Western Cape.

1990: Rigil K, this sailing yacht wrecked at Bokpunt, just north of Cape Town, off the west coast in the Western Cape after drifting in heavy weather for almost 30 km.

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South Africa: Haddon Hall, Bokkeveld II, Theresa III & Tara shipwrecks

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February 1:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1913: Haddon Hall, this British steam-powered steel cargo liner wrecked at Morison’s Point in Danger Bay, just west of Saldanha Bay on the west coast in the Western Cape.

After running aground three members of the crew jumped overboard and drowned, whereas the remaining crew of 54 got off safely. The wreck now lies at about 10m in depth. The provided image is a painting of the Haddon Hall, painted a year before it was lost by an unknown artist (potentially a 'pierhead painter').

1959: Simon van der Stel, a Comair Lockheed 18 Lodestar (registration no. ZS-ASV), this passenger transport aircraft was ditched (which means to land on a water surface in a controlled manner) in the ocean, off Ifafa Beach in KwaZulu-Natal. It was on a newspaper delivery route from Durban to Port Elizabeth when an engine failure resulted in the captain being unable to maintain height. The crew of three survived, with the aircraft sinking.

1978: Bokkeveld II, this South African fishing vessel foundered near Shark Point between Cape St. Francis and St. Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape.

1986: Theresa III, this whaler was scuttled for target practice off the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. It was meant to be used a floating breakwater in Saldanha Bay, but a south-easterly gale drove it onto the rocks at Salamander Bay and after an inspection of the damage, the choice was made to have the SAS Kimberley tow it to Simons Town instead. Here it was scuttled for target practice by the South African Navy.

2016: Tara, this South African yacht wrecked in fog at Bokpunt, just north of Koeberg in the Western Cape.

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March 15: This day in South African shipwreck History | История кораблекрушений в Южной Африке

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See also: Namibian shipwrecks

March 15:

“This day in South African shipwreck History”

1847: Montgomery, this sailing vessel wrecked in a south easterly gale on a reef off Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape.

1859: Eliza, this vessel wrecked in the Great Brak River in Mossel Bay in the Western Cape.

1972: Breerivier, this motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked at Cape St Martin on the Vredenburg Peninsula off the west coast in the Western Cape.

1990: Rigil K, this sailing yacht wrecked at Bokpunt, just north of Cape Town, off the west coast in the Western Cape after drifting for almost 30km.

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