| NO |
SHIP'S NAME |
DATE |
TYPE |
TONS |
PLACE |
CASUALTY |
| 2460 |
WADDINXVEEN |
1697 |
D.E.I. SHIP |
751 |
NEAR SALT RIVER MOUTH, TABLE BAY |
WRECKED IN N.W. GALE, ONLY 6 MEN WERE SAVED. |
| 2461 |
WAFRA |
1971 |
LIBERIAN TANKER |
49762 |
CAPE AGULHAS |
GROUNDED, REFLOATED, SUNK OFF SHORE BY THE S.A.A.F. ON THE 12
MARCH 1971. |
| 2462 |
WAFRA |
2002 |
S.A. FISHING VESSEL, L=6,2m |
|
MORRIS POINT, W. OF STILBAAI |
CAPSIZED IN HEVY MIST. |
| 2463 |
WAGRIEN |
1874 |
GERMAN SCHOONER |
170 |
DURBAN |
WRECKED IN S. GALE,ALL LIVES WERE LOST. |
| 2464 |
WAHOO |
1976 |
SKI-BOAT |
|
STEENBRAS RIVER MOUTH, FALSE BAY, POSITION IS APPROX. |
|
| 2465 |
WAIF |
1874 |
BRITISH BRIGANTINE |
144 |
PLETTENBERG BAY |
WRECKED WHEN WIND FAILED AND ANCHOR CHAIN JAMMED. |
| 2466 |
WAIKATO |
1899 |
? |
4700 |
129.5NM S. OF CAPE AGULHAS |
SANK ? |
| 2467 |
WAIMEA |
1902 |
NORWEGIAN IRON BARQUE |
874 |
N. END BEACH,ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE. |
| 2468 |
WALDENSIAN |
1862 |
RENNIES IRON SCREW STEAMER |
369 |
BULLDOG REEF ON STRUIS POINT, POSITION IS APPROX. |
WRECKED AT NIGHT IN LIGHT S.E. WIND. SAREL CILLIERS WAS
ONBOARD. |
| 2469 |
WALLARAH |
1891 |
BLUE ANCHOR LINE STEAMER |
3505 |
N.W. TIP OF DASSEN ISLAND, BOOM POINT |
WRECKED IN HEAVY FOG. |
| 2470 |
WALSINGHAM |
1828 |
SHIP |
185 |
OPPOSITE MILITARY HOSPITAL, TABLE BAY |
WRECKED. |
| 2471 |
WALTER REICHEL |
1933 |
STEAM VESSEL |
|
OFF DURBAN |
SCUTTLED. |
| 2472 |
WALVIS |
|
S.A. STEAM TRAWLER |
|
ROBBEN ISLAND |
WRECKED. |
| 2473 |
WANDERER |
1856 |
SCHOONER |
41 |
PLETTENBERG BAY |
WRECKED. |
| 2474 |
WARATAH |
1909 |
BLUE ANCHOR STEAMER |
9300 |
BETWEEN EAST LONDON AND PORT ELIZABETH ? |
LAST SEEN BY CLAN MACINTYRE ON 26-07-1909, NEVER SEEN AGAIN. |
| 2475 |
WASP |
1867 |
SCHOONER |
38 |
BREAKWATER, TABLE BAY |
GROUNDED. |
| 2476 |
WATER BOAT |
|
|
|
FORT BEAUFORT ? |
|
| 2477 |
WATER KELPIE |
1865 |
CUTTER |
|
TABLE BAY |
|
| 2478 |
WATERLOO |
1848 |
CAPE IRON SCHOONER |
|
CAWOODS BAY NEAR FISH RIVER MOUTH |
WRECKED
AT NIGHT IN S.E. GALE, MASTER AND 2nd MATE WERE DROWNED. |
| 2479 |
WATERLOO |
1842 |
BRITISH CONVICT SHIP |
414 |
SALT RIVER MOUTH, TABLE BAY |
WRECKED IN N.W. GALE, 98 WERE SAVED. |
| 2480 |
WATERLOO |
1821 |
BRITISH WOODEN BRIG |
215 |
FISH HOEK BEACH, FALSE BAY |
WRECKED, BLOWN ASHORE. |
| 2481 |
WATU |
1968 |
DUTCH FREIGHTER, L=31m, B=6,2m, D=2,3m |
158 |
OFF SALDANHA BAY |
SANK. |
| 2482 |
WATUSSI |
1939 |
GERMAN - AFRICAN STEAMER |
9521 |
51.8NM S. OF CAPE POINT |
SELF-INDUCED FIRE, SUNK BY RENOWN. |
| 2483 |
WAVEREY |
1862 |
? |
604 |
TABLE BAY |
GROUNDED. |
| 2484 |
WAYFARER |
1903 |
NORWEGIAN WOODEN BARQUE |
658 |
ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE. |
| 2485 |
WAYWARD |
1966 |
S.A. FISHING VESSEL, L=11.7m |
15 |
34.8NM N. OF DURBAN |
SANK IN A STORM, 6 OR 7 LIVES LOST. |
| 2486 |
WELCOMBE (WALLOMBE) |
1885 |
BRITISH IRON STEAMER |
2166 |
REEF 4.3NM E. OF GREAT FISH POINT, STALWART POINT |
WRECKED. |
| 2487 |
WEOLMI 303 (WE OL MI No 303) |
1968 |
KOREAN TUNA VESSEL |
689 |
PONDOLAND,
PORT ALFRED, MKAMHATI RIVER |
GROUNDED. |
| 2488 |
WERNER |
1902 |
|
|
PORT ELIZABETH |
|
| 2489 |
WEST INDIAN |
1851 |
BRITISH WOODEN BARQUE |
328 |
N. END OF ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE WHEN CABLES PARTED. |
| 2490 |
WESTENHOPE |
1871 |
BRITISH STEAMER |
750 |
SEAL ISLAND, OFF BIRD ISLAND, POSITION IS APPROX. |
WRECKED. |
| 2491 |
WESTENHOPE |
1867 |
STEAMER |
|
TZITIZIKAMA POINT |
GROUNDED. |
| 2492 |
WESTERN KNIGHT |
1929 |
AMERICAN CARGO STEAMER, L=126m,B=16,6m,D=8m |
5779 |
BETWEEN THE WILLOWS + SCHOENMAKERSKOP W. OF CAPE RECIFE |
WRECKED IN THICK MIST, STILL VISIBLE, OPP OLD P.E. CLUB. |
| 2493 |
WESTERN STAR |
1874 |
BRITISH WOODEN BRIG |
207 |
ORIENT BEACH, EAST LONDON |
RAN ASHORE IN S.W. GALE AFTER DRAGGING HER ANCHORS. |
| 2494 |
WESTERWIJK |
1737 |
D.E.I. SHIP |
850 |
NEAR SALT RIVER, TABLE BAY |
WRECKED IN N.W. GALE, ONLY FEW LIVES LOST. |
| 2495 |
WHEATLANDSIDE |
1878 |
BRITISH WOODEN FULL-RIGGED SHIP |
1136 |
0.9NM N. OF GAS-WORKS, ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED AFTER STRIKING REEF IN S.E. GALE. |
| 2496 |
WHICH WAY |
1999 |
S.A. FISHING VESSEL, L=13m |
|
S. OF OESTER BAY |
CAPSIZED IN STORM. |
| 2497 |
WIFSTA OFFICE |
1997 |
SWEDISH YACHT, L=8m |
|
482.4NM FROM EAST LONDON |
CAPSIZED, SCUTTLED BY THE S.A. NAVY. |
| 2498 |
WIGRAMS |
1859 |
BRITISH BARQUE |
286 |
ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE WHEN HER CABLES PARTED. |
| 2499 |
WIGTONSHIRE |
1885 |
BRITISH IRON BARQUE |
899 |
KLIPPENSTRAND NEAR ARNISTON |
WRECKED. |
| 2500 |
WILD ROSE |
1872 |
BRITISH WOODEN BARQUE |
295 |
ORIENT BEACH, EAST LONDON |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE. |
| 2501 |
WILHELMINA CORNELIA |
|
|
|
SALAMANDERPUNT, SALDANHABAAI |
SANK. |
| 2502 |
WILHELMINE |
1880 |
GERMAN SCHOONER |
|
MOSSEL BAY |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE WHEN HER CABLES PARTED. |
| 2503 |
WILLEM DE ZWYGER |
1863 |
DUTCH BARQUE |
753 |
RYS POINT, STRUISBAAI |
WRECKED. |
| 2504 |
WILLEM HECKROODT |
1978 |
S.A. TUG |
556 |
DURBAN HARBOUR |
POWER FAILURE, COLLIDED WITH FLOATING DOCK, SANK. |
| 2505 |
WILLIAM |
1862 |
|
|
CAPE MORGAN |
GROUNDED, MORE THEN 30 LIVES LOST. |
| 2506 |
WILLIAM BAYLEY |
1857 |
BRITISH WOODEN BRIG |
198 |
PLETTENBERG BAY |
WRECKED AFTER CARGO CAUGHT FIRE AND SHIP WAS BEACHED. |
| 2507 |
WILLIAM FORSTER |
1851 |
SCHOONER |
175 |
THUNDERBOLT REEF OFF CAPE RECIFE, SUMMERSTRAND BEACH. POS. IS
APPROX. |
WRECKED. |
| 2508 |
WILLIAM HOLLAND |
1953 |
S.A. TRAWLER |
90 |
W. OF QUOIN POINT |
WRECKED IN FOG, LIES 100 METERS OFF SHORE. |
| 2509 |
WILLIAM HOMEWOOD |
1857 |
|
|
ALGOA BAY |
GROUNDED. |
| 2510 |
WILLIAM JAMES (WILLIAM T. JAMES) |
1857 |
BRITISH WOODEN BARQUE |
293 |
IMHOFF BATTERY, TABLE BAY |
WRECKED IN N.W. GALE. |
| 2511 |
WILLIAM KING |
1943 |
AMERICAN VESSEL |
7176 |
101 DEG. 186.2NM FROM COOPER LIGHTHOUSE S. OF DURBAN |
SUNK BY U-198. (U-51 ?) |
| 2512 |
WILLIAM PITT |
1813 |
ENGLISH INDIAMAN |
798 |
CAPE RECIFE |
GROUNDED, ALL LIVES LOST. |
| 2513 |
WILLIAM PORTER (+- 1905) |
|
TUG |
|
W. COAST |
CAPSIZED WHILE UNDER TOW. |
| 2514 |
WILLIAM SHAW |
1873 |
SCHOONER |
39 |
MZIMVUBU RIVER MOUTH, PORT ST JOHNS |
WRECKED. |
| 2515 |
WINDSOR |
1928 |
NORWEGIAN STEEL WHALER |
174 |
7.8NM S. OF WALVIS BAY, S.W.A. |
GROUNDED. |
| 2516 |
WINDSOR CASTLE |
1876 |
R.M.S. IRON PASSENGER LINER |
2672 |
NEAR THE TRIANGLES TO W. OF DASSEN ISLAND, SPOUT ROCK |
WRECKED. |
| 2517 |
WINEFRED |
1823 |
|
|
KOWIE RIVER MOUTH, PORT ALFRED, POSITION IS APPROX. |
WRECKED WHILE SURVEYING RIVER MOUTH. |
| 2518 |
WINIFRED & MARIA |
1817 |
COASTING BRIG |
50 |
NEAR THE WHARF, TABLE
BAY |
WRECKED. |
| 2519 |
WINSTON |
1970 |
S.A. STEEL FISHING VESSEL |
167 |
104.2NM N. OF WALVIS BAY |
GROUNDED. |
| 2520 |
WINTON |
1934 |
BRITISH MOTOR VESSEL |
4388 |
LITTLE N. OF MILNERTON BEACH LIGHTHOUSE, TABLE BAY |
WRECKED AT NIGHT, STILL VISIBLE 1996. |
| 2521 |
WITCH OF THE WAVES |
1859 |
SCHOONER |
95 |
ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED. |
| 2522 |
WOLSELEY |
1888 |
BRITISH IRON BARQUE |
341 |
ALGOA BAY |
WRECKED IN S.E. GALE. |
| 2523 |
WOODBRIDGE |
1816 |
BRITISH WOODEN SHIP |
522 |
TABLE BAY |
WRECKED. |
| 2524 |
WOODBUM |
1826 |
BRITISH SCHOONER |
|
WOODSTOCK BEACH, TABLE BAY |
STRANDED. |
| 2525 |
WOODY |
1997 |
SKI-BOAT. L=4,8m |
|
KRANSHOEK, W. OF PLETTENBERG BAY |
ENGINE BROKE DOWN, LOST IN STORM SEA. |
| 2526 |
WORKFIELD (IS THIS OUR WRECK ?) |
1904 |
BRITISH STEEL VESSEL |
4257 |
CAPE PENINSULA (OFF TURTLE ROCK, SARAWAK ?) |
WRECKED. |
| 2527 |
WORLD GLORY |
1968 |
LIBERIAN TANKER |
46434 |
78.1NM N.E. OF DURBAN, BOW SECTION SANK AT 30 06.00S,31
54.00E, (APPROX) |
STRUCK BY A FREAK WAVE, BROKE IN 2 AND SANK. |
| 2528 |
W.E.MALCOLM |
1858 |
|
|
TABLE BAY |
GROUNDED. |
| 2529 |
W.H. FULLER |
1944 |
S.A. TUG, L=45m, B=9.9m |
557 |
BIRD ISLAND,ALGOA BAY, POSITION IS APPROX. |
STRUCK DODDINGTON ROCK, SANK. |
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