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  Shipwreck and Salvage in South Africa Shipwrecks and Salvage in South Africa If you 'click' the link you can order the book online direct from Amazon. This is a great wreck book. Well researched, plenty of

If you look at any map of the southern tip of Africa, you will see the locations of many shipwrecks marked quite clearly. Some like the famous Birkenhead, have long since slipped beneath the waves, and only their memorials

Built by the Houston Ship building Company of Texas in September 1942, the Tucker was one of the hundreds of Liberty ships churned out by America to enable the Allies to move vast amounts of supplies to the War Zones.

The Shipwreck Trail is divided into two areas, the Cape Peninsula, and the Overberg. If you are doing the tourist route, this equates with Cape Town and the Garden Route and they all flow in together. We just hired

On May 3 1968, the 452 ton Cape town trawler Phyllisia was wrecked just up from the Thomas. T. Tucker, south of Olifantos Point. The trawler was 145 feet long and she struck the shore just before midnight. The Phyllisia

On April 30 1965 the 347 ton Dutch coaster, Nolloth, was approaching Oliphantos Point when she struck an unidentified object that later turned out to be the Albatross Rock. The crew were lifted of by helicopter and

The Kakapo was a British steamer built in 1898 by the Grangemouth Dockyard Company and commanded by Captain P. Nicolayson.She was on her maiden voyage from Swansea in Wales, to Sydney in Australia. She had put onto

The Clan Stuart was built on the turret deck principle, which was designed to over come the restrictions of the Suez Canal. By building the sides of the ship about ten feet higher, it meant that the vessel would have

The southern most tip of Africa is at Cape Agullas, and not as many people believe, Cape Point. The official position of the 'Tip' is 34 49' 58" south , and 20 001' 12" east. This puts the actual position

No visit to this part of the coast should miss the opportunity to visit this museam, which is the only one of its kind in South Africa. Situated in Independence Street, the museam building was once an Anglican Rectory

The Birkenhead was an iron paddle steamer of 1400 tons, and was launched in December 1845. She was intended to be a warship for the Royal Navy, but later a poop deck was added and she was converted to a troop carrier

Built in 1856, the Athens, a vessel of 739 tons was later purchased by the Union Steam Ship Company from the Liverpool firm of Schillizzi in 1858. For six years she led an uneventful life running a regular Mail service

The Arniston, a British East Indiaman, was owned by Borradailes of London, and had made eight successful voyages to China and India. In 1813 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty for service as a troopship.The Arniston

In July 1977, these two derelict tankers were under tow by the small Japanese tug the Kiyo Maru 2, on their way from Greece to the scrapyards in the Far East. The tug made an unscheduled stop in Abijan ( North Africa