SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage
January 23:
Shawnee wreck in Namibia
“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”
1852: Herschell, this wooden snow wrecked in a strong south-easterly gale near Rietvlei in Table Bay in the Western Cape.
1881: Ocean King, this sailing barque foundered within 20 minutes after striking Penguin Rock, about 32 km south of Port Nolloth off the west coast in the Northern Cape.
1890: Strathblane, this schooner-rigged steam-powered freighter wrecked just west of Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape. It was on its way from London to Durban when it struck a submerged rock and was run ashore, where it wrecked.
1980: Cape Columbine, this fishing tug foundered about 20 km from the Durban harbour in KwaZulu-Natal.
1993: Namaqua, this wooden fishing vessel wrecked on the north-east corner of Dassen Island off the west coast in the Western Cape.
2020: South African Civil Aviation Authority Cessna S550 Citation (registration no. ZS-CAR), this flight inspection aircraft wrecked 5km northwest of Friemersheim after crashing into the Outeniqua Mountains in the Western Cape. All three occupants lost their lives.
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