South Africa: Soudan & Gulliver shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

May 15:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history” 

1942: Soudan, this British steam-powered cargo ship sunk after striking a mine which was most likely laid by the Doggerbank, off Cape Agulhas in the Western Cape. One life was lost because of this event.

The Soudan (1942), date and location unknown

1948: City of Durban, this Mercury Aviation Services Douglas DC-3 (registration no. ZS-BWY) crashed into Spitzberg, near the town of Vrede in the Free State during bad weather. All thirteen occupants died in the crash.

City of Durban/Mercury Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-BWY) crash site

City of Durban/Mercury Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-BWY) in what is believed to be modern day Namibia, from the National Archives of Namibia

1986: Gulliver, this South African yacht wrecked near Slangkop Lighthouse in Kommetjie, on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.

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South Africa: Gilbert Henderson, Prince Port, Rising Star, Alcyone, Craynip & Onibe shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

March 16:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1847: Gilbert Henderson, this wooden sailing barque wrecked in a south-easterly gale, opposite the old wooden jetty in Port Elizabeth in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape.

1885: Prince Port, this British wooden barque wrecked just off Dyer Island on a reef near Geyser Rock/Robklip in the Western Cape.

The cape fur seals enjoying sunbathing on what is currently assumed to be the keel of the Prince Port (1885) on Geyser Rock/Robklip, just off Deyer Island

It is speculated that a storm later lifted a piece of its keel onto Geyser Rock/Robklip and the local seals regularly use this for sunbathing purposes.

1893: Rising Star, this iron steam-powered launch ran aground on Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape after encountering a strong inset current. More research is required to determine whether it was refloated or if it became a wreck.

1942: Alcyone, this Dutch steam-powered merchant ship sank after striking two mines laid by the German minelayer Doggerbank, 40 km west of Cape Town in the Western Cape. All on board made it safely to the boats.

The Alcyone (1942), date and location unknown

1991: Craynip, this sailing yacht wrecked in a south easterly gale east of the Dassen Island lighthouse off the west coast in the Western Cape.

1992: Onibe, this motor-powered 5000 tonnage freighter collided with the 23 000 tonnage Fathulkhair and foundered south of Quoin Point in the Western Cape.

The Onibe (1992), date and location unknown

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