SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
June 23:
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1818: Ann, this wooden British vessel foundered south of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape.
1897: Fredheim, this wooden Norwegian barque wrecked on the rocks at the Knysna Heads in the Western Cape. It was attempting to clear the bar during a north-westerly gale after being denied entry for more than week owing to the rough seas.
Part of the Fredheim (1897) after shortly after it had wrecked on the rocks at the Knysna Heads
After misreading signals from the shore which made it clear that it was impassable, it came to close and was driven onto the rocks. All were saved except for one man who drowned. Its creosote cargo led to a pollution event that lasted for 18 months.
The main cargo on board the Fredheim (1897) was barrels of creosote, which after the wrecking caused a pollution event that lasted for a year and a half
2000: Treasure, this bulk iron ore-carrier was damaged in a storm and foundered west of Melkbosstrand in the Western Cape.
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