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Hiddeskel Camps Bay Camps Bay & Hout The Hiddeskel was one of the largest, if not the largest 1902/12/17
& Hout Bay Bay (between) sailing ship to have been lost on the South African coast.
(between) On 17 December 1902, when 51 days out of Newport,
bound for Table Bay, the vessel struck a sunken reef
between Hout and Camps Bay. She managed to free
herself from the reef and for two hours the crew manned
the pumps, hoping to beach the vessel at Greenpoint.
With the water gaining in the holds however, they were
forced to abandon the ship, and landed at Cape Town
docks. Captain Ooudray had been master of the vessel
since he obtained his masters ticket in 1892.
Holland Olifantsbos Olifantsbos Vessel was trying to enter False Bay with a fleet of 1786/05/11
warships when she struck a reef on the evening of 11
May, and became a total wreck. Lost at the same place as
the Napoleon.
Eight lives lost.

Hopefield Packet Camps Bay Camps Bay Date may be 1868……The coasting schooner left Table 1869/01/02
Bay on Thursday evening bound for Dyer Island, got on
shore between Camp’s Bay and Sea Point on Friday
afternoon, 1 January. How she got there requires further
explanation. Part of her cargo was stores, not insured. The
vessel was insured for £200, owners Messrs M.L.
Bensusan and Co. also own the cargo. It is rumoured that
the crew were drunk and unable to manage the vessel,
and she drifted on to the beach. The Captain was made
aware of the danger too late. The wind was a fresh SW.
The wreck of the Hopefield Packet sold on the beach near
Camp’s Bay on Tuesday, 5 January by Messrs Jones &
Co. for £125 and the hull for £75.
Kakapo Kommetjie Long/Noordhoek In poor visibility during a north westerly gale, the captain 1900/05/25
Beach mistook Chapmans Peak for Cape Point and ran hard
aground on Long Beach, just north of the mouth of the
Wildevogelvlei and Klein Slangkop. There was no loss of
life as the crew came ashore safely. Winter storms
gradually pushed the vessel farther inland, and although
several attempts were made to refloat her, it proved
impossible. The hull remains lie at the high tide mark,