1878: Wheatlandside, this fully-rigged British wooden ship of 1 136 tons was wrecked in a south-easterly gale on North End Beach in Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. On the 16th of December it struck a reef whilst entering the harbour, which caused a hole in its bottom. On this day, a strong-south-easterly gale (south-westerly in some reports) caused its cables to part, and it wrecked on the beach. Wheatlanside was built in Quebec in 1872 and commanded by Captain RH Dixon … [Read more...] about 30 January Shipwreck List
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Admiralty Beach House
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