1845: Charles, carrying 140 tons of guano this wooden sailing schooner under Captain G Guilbert, struck a blinder in 37m of water just off Bird Island in Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape and wrecked. All sailors escaped in a boat to Bird Island. 1967: Ibishu, this motor-powered crayfishing vessel foundered in rough seas about 50km east of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. … [Read more...] about 15 November Shipwreck List
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14 November Shipwreck List
1856: Sea Eagle, this sailing barque missed it stays in a south-easterly gale between Robben Island and Blouberg and wrecked in Murray’s Bay on Robben Island in Table Bay in the Western Cape. 1857: Puntado, this vessel wrecked on the west bank of the Buffalo River in East London in the Eastern Cape. Very little is known about it. 1887: Idomene, this iron sailing schooner wrecked on a reef during bad weather, north-east of the Xora River Mouth in the Eastern Cape. The ship broke up too … [Read more...] about 14 November Shipwreck List
9 July Shipwreck List
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
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
