1730: Saxenburg (Saksenburg), 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 and some list the wrecking as on 8 January 1730. This Cape provision ship of 610 tons was built in 1723 at the Amsterdam Yard for the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company. The crew were obliged to jettison her guns after a very bad leak was found. Salsenburg was on a voyage from Batavia to the Cape with a cargo of rice. Out of the 88 people on board only 7 survived.
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 British iron sailing schooner of 1 586 tons struck Roman Rock in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape and to stop it from foundering, was beached, where it became wrecked. Orchomene was built in 1818 by W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool and commanded by Captain G. Thomas. She was on a voyage from Cardiff with a cargo of coal. The enquiry exonerated the Captain, who Marsh and Van der
Bosch suggest may have been George Thomas. The pilot was on board when the accident occurred.
1964: Heathfield, this motor-powered fishing vessel wrecked on Three Sisters Rocks at Kayser’s Beach in the Eastern Cape. The Heathfield broke up in heavy seas within 5 minutes. Of the crew of 12, five perished in the heavy surf.
