1722: Schoonenberg, this wooden sailing east Indiaman wrecked on a reef off Northumberland Point in the epynomous Schoonenberg Bay in the Western Cape. The captain was found guilty of negligence, and the cargo was later removed, with some of it having been stolen by that point, and the ship was burned down to the waterline. A legend emerged from the wrecking stating that the captain had conspired with local farmers and that a precious part of the cargo had been hidden at Vergelegen farm. This … [Read more...] about 20 November Shipwreck List


