1865: Dane SS, this steam-powered 530 ton British Royal Mail Ship wrecked during a south west wind on Thunderbolt reef just northeast of Cape Recife in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. The captain tried running between Roman Rock and the shore, striking a previously unknown reef and wrecking. The RMS Dane was the pioneer Union Line mail ship to South Africa. No lives lost. Dane was built in 1855 by Langley, London and owned by the Union Company. At the time of the wrecking she was commanded by … [Read more...] about 1 December Shipwreck List



