A Cape Town Hout Bay tagged image from photographer – andryn2006 as published on Flickr.
Wreck of the Kakapo
Image by andryn2006
The Kakapo was on its maiden voyage without cargo from Southampton to New Zealand when it ran aground on the night of the 25 May 1900. In poor visibility during a north-west winter storm, the captain mistook Chapman’s Peak for Cape Point and turned in-shore at full-speed and ran the ship up onto the beach. The crew did not have to lower the lifeboats. They simply climbed overboard onto the sand and walked away. Attempts to pull her off the sand by the tug T.E.Fuller were unsuccessful and were abandoned when the only hawser available at the time snapped.
The rusting boilers and tiller, all that remain of that fateful night, can still be seen on the beach today.
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