South Africa: Mary & Trio-Triomf shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

Skeleton Coast, Namibia

July 8:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1899: Mary, a wooden-hulled British cutter foundered after striking wreckage whilst trying to enter the Storms River Mouth in the Eastern Cape.

1945: A SAAF Douglas DC-3 (registration no. 6847) crashed with the loss of one of the crew of four during a military exercise in Pretoria in Gauteng.

1981: Trio-Triomf, this wooden-hulled fishing trawler was caught in heavy seas and ran aground on a reef near the Gourits River mouth in the Western Cape. The crew was rescued by helicopter.

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South Africa: Elizabeth Brown, North East, Lancastria, Adelfotis & Smit-Lloyd 102 shipwrecks

SAHRA Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage

December 31:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1872: Elizabeth Brown, this wooden sailing snow/brig wrecked in a south-easterly gale at Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.

1872: North East, this iron sailing barque wrecked in a south-easterly gale between the Ratel River mouth and Rietfontein Farm in the Western Cape.

1880: Lancastria, this wooden sailing barque was anchored in an exposed position in Table Bay between Robben Island and Blaauwbergstrand in the Western Cape when a south easterly gale parted its anchor cables and they were forced to drive the barque ashore, wrecking near Blaauwbergstrand. The archival records initially reported the wrecking at Robben Island, but further research revealed that it had wrecked on the mainland. 

1956: Adelfotis, this Costa-Rican steam-powered cargo ship wrecked in a heavy fog, heavy swell, and a moderate south easterly wind on a reef just off Quoin Point in the Western Cape.

The Adelfotis (1956) under its previous name of Tovelil at an unknown location

1970: Smit-Lloyd 102, this oil-rig supply vessel capsized in a storm after an explosion and sank southeast of the Storms River Mouth in the Eastern Cape.

The Smit-Lloyd 102 (1970), date and location unknown

Two of the crew of seven made it onto the lifeboat and reached the shore with the remaining five perishing with the vessel.

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South Africa: Drumbeat Drifters Newsletter

Latest News

HAPPY NEW YEAR from the management and staff of Drifters.

The start of 2022 promises new beginnings for the tourism industry worldwide, and we sincerely hope that this pandemic is a thing of the past and we can dust off the disappointment and heartache of the last 2 years and set the wheels in motion for a rebirth of over landing and the tourism industry in general

South Africa removed from the Red List - AGAIN

Tours:

We are really encouraged to see country after country dropping their restrictions and allowing free travel once again - This is good news for our clients. The feeling is that we will see the resumption of bookings again quite soon! We are ready and waiting. We do have numerous tour departures our tours. So contact Drifters for the latest availability.

Regards

Gary, Ken & the Drifters Team

Feedback from our New 18 SA eco explorer:

Tugela Gorge hike was amazing, and the 3 different nights in the foothills of the Drakensberg, were mind-blowing.

Coffee Bay - and the hole in the wall was amazing, the hike breathtaking, and the sea was so blue.

Storms River Mouth was a highlight

Some of our confirmed departures for the 1st Quarter 2022:

Uganda 13 day Camping

Departing 9th January & 6th February

Kruger Park

30th January, 20th February

Botswana 16 day Camping

5th February

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