2024: The MV Ultra Galaxy vessel ran aground on the evening 9 July off the coast of Duiwegat, south of Brand se Baai on the West Coast. The ship was abandoned by her crew of 18 Filipino seafarers after developing an excessive list. The crew returned safely back to the Philippines. The ship’s hatch covers were dislodged in extreme weather and detached from the vessel, leaving the cargo holds vulnerable and a significant part of the ship’s fertiliser cargo was swept away by the sea. The … [Read more...] about 9 July Shipwreck List
Shipwrecks
6 January Shipwreck List
The 6th of January WAS a red-letter day as up until 2024, South Africa had NO recorded shipwrecks occurring on 6 January in any year of our past. 2024: FV Elke M - The grounding incident of FV Elke M, a Port Elizabeth registered 376-ton (gross) fishing trawler, measuring 33 meters in length and eight (8) meters wide, with a deadweight tonnage of some 194 tons, occurred on a late Saturday evening on 06 January 2024, on a rocky coastal area of the Cape coast in the Eastern Cape some two … [Read more...] about 6 January Shipwreck List
