SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
Gertrud Woermann, wrecked near Swakopmund, Namibia
August 3:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1860: Mariner, this sailing barque missed its stays and wrecked on the rocks near the Green Point Lighthouse in the Western Cape. The entire crew and all passengers made it off safely, but the captain shot himself and his body had to be removed from the wreck.
1978: Transvaal, this ex-Navy steam powered frigate was scuttled in Smitswinkel Bay in False Bay in the Western Cape to form an artificial reef after it had reached the end point of its usable life. It forms part of the Smitswinkel Bay wreck route along with the Orotava (1983), Elizabeth (1983), Good Hope (1978), and Rockeater (1972).
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