Strange Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas |
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Abercrombie Robinson aboard Africa Agulhas Algoa Bay Amij amongst anchor arrived ashore beach began Bennebroek boat Briseis cabin Cape Point Cape Town cargo carried chief mate coast Company crew deck Delagoa Bay despatched Doric Star drifted drowned Durban Dutch East East Indiaman English Faidherbe fire fleet French frigate Fryke gale Governor Graf Spee harbour heavy Holland Hoogergeest Hottentot Huys te Craijestein immediately India Indiaman Island King Kowie land learnt Lieut longboat Macdowall Madagascar mast mate Mauritius Meresteijn miles money chests Mossel Bay Naarstigheid Natal night officers ordered overboard passengers Pellew Phoenician Port Captain Port Elizabeth Portuguese reached rescue returned Ridderschap Robben Island rocks rope Royal Rozette sailed sailors Saldanha Bay salvage Sceptre seamen ship ship's shore sight skipper starboard Stel storm story Stout survivors Sussex Table Bay Ternate vessel Visch voyage Waratah warships washed waves weather whilst wind wreck wreckage