SS Waratah: The mystery of the 'Titanic of the South' lives on
In the pre-dawn hours of 27 July 1909, the brand-new triple deck passenger and cargo steamship, the SS Waratah, drew level with the SS...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- May 25, 2020
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: The Quanza
The Quanza was a four-masted steamship of 942 tons which went ashore at East London on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 05h00. She struck the rocks...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Dec 16, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: The Stuart Star
Built in Newcastle in 1926, with a mass of close to 12,000 tons, the Stuart Star was a twin-screw steamer of the Blue Star line on voyage...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Nov 21, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: Lady Kennaway
The Lady Kennaway was a three masted, square rigged barque of 584 tons which had been built of teak by Kid and Company in Calcutta in...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Nov 8, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: K.G.Meldahl
The K. G. Meldahl, on charter to British War Transport, departed New York on 20 Sept 1942 for Bombay, via Port of Spain and Cape Town,...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Oct 26, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: SS Anne Hutchinson
On 26 October 1942, shortly before 7pm, the steam-powered American cargo vessel, the SS Anne Hutchinson, was torpedoed by a German...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Oct 22, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: SS City of Johannesburg
The Buffalo City coastline has proven the final resting place of a large number of ill-fated vessels - including many sunk by German...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Oct 3, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: The Valdivia
The Valdivia was a steamer of 4,952 tons built in Port Glasgow in 1906. She sank off the Esplanade at East London on 2 October 1908. She...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Sep 11, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: SS King Cadwallon
The 5,000-ton Britishcollier, the King Cadwallon, collided with rocks off the Esplanade on the 11th September 1929. The coal carrier -...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Sep 2, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: SS Orient
The S.S. Orient was a Russian vessel which called in at East London on 29 July 1907, sailing from South Australia with a crew of 21 and...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Aug 13, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: SA Oranjeland
The treacherous East London coast claimed one of its most high-profile victims on Tuesday, 13 August 1974 when the SA Oranjeland ran...
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Buffalo City Tourism
- Jul 29, 2019
Shipwrecks of Buffalo City: S.S. Orient
The S.S. Orient was a Russian vessel which called in at East London on 29 July 1907, sailing from South Australia with a crew of 21 and...
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