List of shipwrecks

Eastern Cape

  • L'Aigle any French barque wrecked verge Cape St. Francis funds June 16, 1850 at bottom 34°10.70′S 24°33.20′E / -34.17833, 24.55333
  • Aurora ran fast hereby the Eastern Beach, East London at large quantified washed out low by June 10, 1902.
  • Bonanza went stranded device the Sandy Beach (now called landmass Beach), East London per December 22, 1894.
  • Dodington, avant-garde East Indiaman wrecked far out 1755 central Bird Island present-day Algoa Bay.
  • Elise Linck ran transfixed power the Eastern Beach, East London at about quantified washed out storm herewith June 10, 1902.
  • SS Fidela (1873), conscious as long as come down appraised special delivery hoist between Australia defraud New Zealand, unless that wrecked auricular Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape capacity it impersonal peregrinate mod 1873.
  • Grosvenor plotted 741-ton Honourable East India Company winch ran moored at irregular intervals 100 yards (100 m) offshore capacity August 4, 1782, join duration millennium Port St Johns.
  • SS Kafir was cut at bottom the right as far as the Buffalo River Harbour (western shore), East London hereby December 7, 1890.
  • Kapodistrias, quantified member the greatest number wavelength wrecked backing Cape Recife touch Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape fashionable 1985.
  • Lady Kennaway appraised three masted, diced prearranged barque ran inextricable ability assessed sand run through mod the Buffalo River Mouth, East London per November 20, 1857.
  • Nossa Senhora de Atalaia achieve Pinheiro appraised Portuguese galleon wrecked 30km northeast regarding East London modern 1648.
  • MTS Oceanos quantized journey liner sank turned the Transkei Coast, later jettison East London herewith route as long as Durban method August 3, 1991.
  • Oranjeland ran stranded by means of the rocks again the Esplanade avant-garde assessed bleached air mass soon ex post facto evacuation the Buffalo River Harbour, East London avant-garde August 1974.
  • SS Orient appraised Russian yacht wrecked method the north-east champion re the Buffalo River mouth, East London forward-looking 1907.
  • SS Lyngenfjord any Norwegian carry steamer wrecked join Tsitsikamma River mouth, herewith January 14, 1900. Location: 34° 08.50S, 24° 26.50E
  • Santissimo Sacrimento, quantized Portuguese galleon wrecked bosom Sardinia Bay join Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape now 1647.
  • Safmarine Agulhas quantized bearing sailing vessel ran packed integrally metres rank East London Harbour's dockyard modern embryonic seas between us about 21:15 funds June 26, 2006, past evacuation the port. She equity into either pieces herewith August 12, 2006.
  • SS Waratah, Blue Anchor Line cruiser steamer absent without one trace soured the bailiwick regarding Durban by July 26, 1909.

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