South Africa: Tristania 1 shipwreck & Pioneer aeronautical wreck

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February 23:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1920: Pioneer (a Handley Page O/7 registration no. G-EANV), this military transport aircraft crash-landed at Acacia Siding, just outside of Beaufort West in the Western Cape after its rudder came out of its bearing and the captain was forced to crash-land it.

One of the other 12 Handley Page O/7’s that was in South Africa, which was never officially registered here, but was later registered as G-IAAA when it was sent to Calcutta, India

The captain and all eight passengers survived. This is currently the earliest recorded aeronautical wreck in South Africa.

Tristania 1

1978: Tristania 1, this South African fishing vessel (equipped as a fish factory vessel) was scuttled west of Robben Island in the Western Cape.

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South Africa: Severe, Racer, James Gaddarn, Crystal Wave & Goel No 1 shipwrecks

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January 27:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1784: Severe, this French man-of-war wrecked on Blaauwbergstrand in Table Bay in the Western Cape after missing its stays and being driven ashore.

1879: Racer, this British wooden sailing brigantine wrecked in a gale somewhere along the Overberg coastline in the Western Cape. One source suggests that it wrecked near Marthapunt, near Skipskop, and another suggests that it wrecked near the Ratel River mouth, just east of Quoin Point. 

1882: James Gaddarn/Goddern, this British wooden sailing barque wrecked in an east-north-easterly gale on Back Beach in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.

1894: Crystal Wave, this wooden sailing schooner capsized in a violent south-easterly squall in Hout Bay in the Western Cape with the loss of four lives. It is currently presumed that it foundered after capsizing, but more research is required to determine this accurately. 

1976: Goel No 1, this motor-powered geophysical research vessel (a converted whaler) ran aground on Whale Rock and then wrecked just below the lighthouse on the south side of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. They had left Table Bay harbour late at night in a south-easterly gale with an apparent electrical fault on the ship’s instruments.

Goel No 1 shortly after wrecking and starting to disappear beneath the waves

The tugs Danie Hugo and Atlantic rendered assistance but, at 01:00 on the 28th, the ship was abandoned with two NSRI boats rescuing the crew of 19. An oil spill contaminated Table Bay and affected the marine life with fuel and lubricating oil being salvaged. Most of the wreck now lies at about 7 m in depth, perpendicular to the shore.

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South Africa: Saxenburg, Mountain Ashe, Orchomene & Heathfield shipwrecks

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January 9:

Zeila shipwreck in Namibia

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1730: Saxenburg, this Dutch East Indiaman struck a reef and then foundered during a heavy gale off Cape Agulhas/L’Agulhas in the Western Cape. Of the 88 that were on board, only seven survived. Some sources list the year of wrecking as 1729. 

1881: Mountain Ashe, this wooden sailing barque drifted onto the rocks at Mouille Point in Cape Town in the Western Cape and although it was refloated, it was condemned. 

1892: Orchomene, this iron sailing schooner struck Roman Rock in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape and to stop it from foundering, was beached, where it became wrecked.  

1964: Heathfield, this motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked on Three Sisters Rocks at Kayser’s Beach in the Eastern Cape. Of the crew of 12, five perished in the heavy surf.

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South Africa: Underley & Rose II shipwrecks

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Chamarel shipwreck in Namibia

December 24:

“This day in our shipwreck and aeronautical wreck history”

1860: Underley, this British sailing barque wrecked somewhere between Cape Agulhas and Quoin Point in the Western Cape.

1975: Rose II, this Panamanian motor-powered transport ship was lost due to an explosion off Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape and its remains now lie at a depth of 70 m.

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