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Ship Name Area Place Notes Date of Wreck
Adolph Fanny Cape of Cape of Good Vessel put in for repairs and caulking, but was abandoned 1842/03/11
Good Hope Hope and condemned to be broken up.

Albatross Olifantsbos Albatross Rock Sank within 12 minutes. The crew landed in Hout Bay. No 1863/04/10
lives lost. Captain's name may be Johnson .
Albatross Rock got its name from this wreck.

Albatross Hout Bay Driven ashore and grounded in a south-easterly gale. 1844/08/25
Afterwards repaired and got off.

Appears to be the same vessel that grounded and was
refloated two years earlier in Table Bay. Both cutters
named Albatross and owned by T Ryan.

Alcyone Sank after striking two mines laid by the Doggerbank 1942/03/16

Ann Bridson Cape Point Judas Peak Grounded and then abandoned off the coast. According to 1859/11/12
(below) Marsh. The Cape Argus of 12/11/1859 reports the SS
Kadie as having sighted a ship on the rocks near Cape
Point which it believed to be the Annie Bridston (sic),
"lately abandoned".
Anne Olifantsbos Point (near) Lost in thick fog 1859/06/03

Antipolis Oudekraal Oudekraal In tow by the Japanese tug, Kiyo Maru No. 2, with the 1977/07/29
Romelia from Greece to scrapyards in the Far East. On 28
July 1997 a 50 knot north-westerly gale was blowing, and
the Cape Town Port Captain advised that they should not
enter Table Bay. The tug intended anchoring between
Robben Island and the mainland, but the towing cables of
both vessels parted. She drifted and later ran aground.
Salvaged for scrap metal. Tonnage may have been 24119
tons. Depth between 10-12m.
Asia Cape of Reference in Taylor's book on the Ellerman Line mentions 1862/06/01
Good Hope that this vessel foundered off the Cape of Good Hope in
June 1862. Built by McMillan of Dumbarton