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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 An East Indiaman (the first to be wrecked off the South African coast) that sank near Cape Agulhas. A considerable amount of gold was on the ship. [29
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"
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 124-metre (407 ft) bulk carrier ran aground near Doring Bay, off Brand se Baai, South Africa 385 kilometres (239 mi) north of Cape Town, after being abandoned the previous day when she listed. Her crew was rescued by the fishing vessel Malachite ( South Africa). Ultra Galaxie broke into four pieces in rough weather over 27–28 July. [100 ...
Shipwrecks of South Africa (2 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Africa" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 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.
South Australia: 13 October 1850 A barque that sank in a gale off Port Adelaide, one man drowned. [8] Hougomont Finland: 8 January 1933 A barque that was scuttled as a breakwater in Stenhouse Bay. Investigator: Unknown 24 April 1917 A steamship that sank in rough weather southwest of Wardang Island. [6] Koenig Wilhelm II: Unknown 30 June 1857
This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Indian Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Indian Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Great Australian Bight, the Mozambique Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and the Timor Sea