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Natal Coast South Africa: 1955 A Durban steamer that ran aground on a sandbank in dense fog, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Swakopmund. The crew were unharmed and were able to get off the ship once the area's coast guard arrived and allowed everyone off. Otavi: Unknown 1945 A steamer that ran aground in Spencer Bay
Shipwrecks of the South African Indian Ocean coast (14 P) Pages in category "Shipwrecks of South Africa" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The shipwreck was close to the place where the Portuguese ship São João had gone down more than two centuries earlier on 8 June 1552. [1] The Grosvenor was a three-masted ship of 729 tons on her return voyage to England when she was wrecked, carrying a crew of 132 and 18 passengers (12 adults and 6 children), and a cargo valued at £75,000.
Shipwrecks on the Atlantic Ocean coast of South Africa. For the purposes of this category, the Atlantic is defined as lying west of 20° E (i.e. Cape Agulhas ). Pages in category "Shipwrecks of the South African Atlantic coast"
Zelia India shipwreck, south of Henties Bay, November 2014. The area's name derives from the whale and seal bones that once littered the shore, partly due to the whaling industry, although in modern times the coast also harbours the skeletal remains of the shipwrecks caused by offshore rocks and fog. [2]
Cape Agulhas has a gradually curving coastline with rocky and sand beaches. A survey marker and a new marker depicting the African continent are located at the most Southern tip of Africa. The waters of the Agulhas Bank off the coast are quite shallow and are renowned as one of the best fishing grounds in South Africa. [4] [5] The rocks that ...
São Bento (Saint Benedict), commanded by captain Fernão de Álvares Cabral, the son of Pedro Álvares Cabral, was a Portuguese carrack of 900 tons wrecked in April 1554 near the mouth of the Msikaba River, midway between Port Edward and Port St. Johns on the Transkei coast of South Africa.
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