Shipwrecks on the Wild Coast

If, like me, you love maps and are fascinated by the turbulent Wild Coast, its pioneer and trading families, and especially by the many shipwrecks which for five centuries have occurred along its shores, look no further than the wonderful map of this area available at www.slingsbymaps.com

Among the wreck sites marked are:

Ivy 1878

Sao Joao 1552

Sao Bento 1554

Grosvenor 1782

Nossa Senhora de Belem 1635

Forres Bank 1958

Santo Alberto 1593

Africa and Agatha 1853

Hercules 1852

Oceanos 1991

There’s a strong but controversial possibility that in July 1909 the Blue Anchor Liner Waratah may have disappeared between Coffee Bay and Hole in the Wall on this very coast. 

Read more about this intriguing mystery of the sea at www.waratahrevisited.blogspot.com and also right here on Mole’s blog pages via the search facility.