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Sarthe Cape Point 8km ssw of Sunk by U-68. Another sources suggests she was lost 35 1942/10/08
miles ssw of Cape Point. Navypos lists wreck as: (PA)
SARTHE British Motor Vessel Tonnage 5030 gross
Torpedoed and sunk 8 10 1942 on passage Aden to Rio
de Janeiro War in the Southern Oceans suggests that the
position is 34.53.00S, 18.24.00E
Schuylenburg Camps Bay Second Beach (off) Left Cape Town for Simons Town with a cargo of stores. 1756/06/03
/ near Cherry Rock Ran into a violent storm and disappeared. The site
reputed to be the Schuilenberg is located off of Second
Beach, Clifton The site, consisting of of three cast iron
cannon, lies between Cherry Rock (which is about 20-30m
offshore), and a flatish rock which lies just beyond.
Partially buried in sand.
Strathmore Duiker Point Duiker Point Leaked so badly crew took to the boats. No lives lost. Date 1880/09/04
may be 14/09/1856 - Van der Bosch Bad weather, vessel
was leaking and steering not working ship was
unmanageable. Abandoned off Duiker Point near Hout
Bay on evening of 4 September, foundered.
Swiftsure 1 Cape Point 25 miles South of Torpedoed by U-68 about 40 miles south of Cape Point 1943/10/08
Cape Point

Thomas T Tucker Olifantsbos Olifantsbos Point The Thomas T Tucker was also known as No.30 from the 1942/11/27
Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, and was completed at
a cost of $1 833 400. She was on her maiden voyage,
carrying supplies for the North African campaign, when
she missed Cape town by 23 miles in a fog and ran
aground with no loss of life after striking Albatross Rock. It
was later alleged that she was trying to evade an enemy
submarine. The cargo was successfully salvaged by the
coaster Swazi and the Clara. The salvage of the vessel
itself, which initially looked likely, had to be abandoned
after the weather changed and she was pounded open on
the rocks, breaking into three pieces These portions of the
hull can be seen on the beach at Cape Point. It was
reported that the vessel had a 27/37 degree error in her
compass, possibly the result of the Sherman tanks on
board. Navpos gives coordinates as 34.16,35'S 18.22,87'E