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Severely damaged by an iceberg, the ship was sailed 400 leagues (1,900 km) to the Cape of Good Hope, where it was intentionally grounded. [27] Ikan Tanda Singapore: 2001 A cargo ship that ran aground near Cape Town, and was re-floated and scuttled 320 kilometres (200 mi) from shore. [28] Joanna East India Company: 8 June 1682
The ship was abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony before 27 June. Her crew were rescued by Simonds ( United Kingdom). [91] Annie: Cape Colony: The schooner was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope. [25] Ann Roxby United Kingdom: The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 June. Her crew were rescued by Pharamond ...
"Lost on the turn of the Cape of Good Hope". YouTube Live presentation by archaeologist Professor Judith Sealy about the isotopic research on the unworked elephant tusks recovered from the Bom Jesus shipwreck. or ArchSoc WC, 9 February 2021, Judith Sealy, “Lost on the turn of the Cape of Good Hope"
23 August — Zoetendaal (Dutch East India Company): The flute, en route for Batavia from Texel foundered 50 miles (80 km) from the Cape of Good Hope. [186] Unknown date Anne ( Royal Navy): The 52-gun Speaker-class frigate was accidentally blown up. [74] Faucon ( French Navy): The fifth-rate ship sank off Formentera in the Balearic Islands. [187]
The Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop [ˌkɑːp di ˌχujə ˈɦuəp]) [a] is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and ...
Cospatrick – The ship caught fire south of the Cape of Good Hope on 17 November while on a voyage from Gravesend, England, to Auckland, New Zealand. Three of 472 people aboard survived. Three of 472 people aboard survived.
In memory of Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Seton, Ensign Alex. C. Russell, and forty-eight N.C.O.s and men of the 74th Highlanders who were drowned at the wreck of H.M.S. 'Birkenhead' on the 26th February 1852, off Point Danger, Cape of Good Hope, after all the women and children on board had been safely landed in the ship's boats.
On 21–22 July 1822 a tremendous gale drove Sun, mastered by Murray, ashore at the Cape of Good Hope. [3] She had been nearly loaded for London. A letter dated 10 August stated that the greater part of Sun ' s cargo had been saved, but that she had been condemned.