1857: Lady Kennaway, this wooden sailing vessel wrecked in the mouth of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape. On the 23rd, the 231 immigrants that were on board had disembarked and then, while the vessel was lying in anchor, a south-easterly gale drove it onto a sandy spit/the bar at the mouth of the Buffalo River, 300-400 m east of the lighthouse, where it wrecked. It was left there for a few months before the wreck was blown up to clear the passage.
This ship of 584 tons built in 1817 in Calcutta was commanded by Captain Michael Santry. The Kennaway Hotel is namde after this ship,
1874: Momina Zino, this sailing barque wrecked on Klippestrand at Arniston/Waenhuiskrans in the Western Cape in misty and rainy weather with the loss of four lives.
This Italian barque of 542 tons, commanded by Captain Oneglio, was wrecked near the Queen of Thames (1871) while on a voyage from Bassen to Falmouth for orders with a cargo of 8 160 bags of rice.
1940: Ovington Court, this steel steam-powered freighter wrecked just off South Beach in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal owing to a north-easterly gale, bad weather, and the unreadiness of the engines whilst waiting in the outer anchorage to gain entry to the port. The survivors were pulled to shore in the lifeboats via ropes, but one boat capsized and four of the people from that lifeboat died in hospital. The wreck is still visible today, lying a little west of West Street..
Formerly known as the Amblestone, this British Steel Cargo shp of 6 095 tons was built in 1924 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton and commanded by Captain G.O. Lindsell. The ship was on a voyage home from Mauritius with a cargo of sugar, which was saved.
Update from ‘Big R’: The wreck is still visible at low tide off Addington Beach.
This vessel which was wrecked of Durban South Africa whilst sailing in convoy BN 5 from Aden to Suez.
The vessel was manned by a crew of 38 and one Ship’s Monkey.
1985: Trident, this motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked south of Alexander Bay in the Northern Cape.
