1821: Flora, this wooden sailing schooner wrecked in the shallows in the early hours of the morning on the southern point of Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. The survivors were isolated on Robben Island as there had been a cholera epidemic in Batavia. After a few days in isolation, they were brought to Cape Town on board the Perseverance. 1865: Kadie, this iron steam-powered coaster wrecked on the West Bank of the Breede River in the Western Cape. On the day of the loss, … [Read more...] about 17 November Shipwreck List


