Cutter Wreck Za 31907

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		34 7.667 S,18 27.25 E
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: -34.127783
  • Longitude: 18.454167
Water Depth 5 m
Water Level Effect always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide
Type cutter
Flag ZA
Conspic Visual not visually conspicuous
Conspic Radar not radar conspicuous
Date Sunk Dec 17, 1965
Bottom Texture Clay
Original Detection Year 1965
Original Source national HO/authority wreck information
Surveying Details H2211/70 9.12.75 WK IN 340740S, 182715E APPROX. (SA PILOT VOL.2, PAGE 184). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Last Amended Date May 25, 2010

Circumstances of loss

17.12.65 A WAVE TRAIN COMING IN FROM A 160DEGS DIRECTION WAS FOCUSSED ON KALK BAY AND CAUSED ONE OF THE WORST ACCIDENTS OF RECENT YEARS. AT THE TOP OF HIGH WATER ON 17.12.65, A SOUTH AFRICAN NAVAL CUTTER UNDER SAIL WAS BECALMED CLOSE TO A REEF OUTSIDE THE HARBOUR WHEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING, LARGE STEEP WAVES BEGAN TO BREAK IN QUICK SUCCESSION AS THE BOAT DRIFTED TOWARDS THE SEA WALL. THE BOAT WAS SWAMPED AND SEVEN OUT OF THE ELEVEN CREW WERE DROWNED. (SA PILOT, VOL.2, PAGE 184)

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