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BREDASDORP SHIPWRECK MUSEUM WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA PART 1

Video of one of the most comprehensive and interesting museums in Western Cape - Shipwreck Museum in small historical town Bredasdorp, South Africa. #Bredasdorp #Shipwrecks #SouthAfrica Shipwreck Museum is located at 6 Independent Street, Bredasdorp, Western Cape. The Bredasdorp Museum is primarily a maritime Museum whose exposition's main theme is "Shipwrecks along the dangerous Southern Cape coast". South African coastline is known as the "Graveyard of Ships" with well known ships like the 'Arniston', 'Birkenhead' and 'Queen of the Thames' coming to grief in these waters. One of these lost ships is remembered in such a particular way as the American sailing ship Gentoo. She went down in Struys Bay. Among the survivors were a number of young servant-girls who had been engaged by wealthy people in the Cape Town suburbs. The girls soon drifted out of respectable employment into New Street and Keerom Street, which had bad reputations. They set up places which became known as "Gentoo houses ", with Malay orchestras to provide dance music. To this day a loose girl is called a "Gentoo" by the Cape Malays. Cape Agulhas, one of the great turning points of the oceans, ranks next to Table Bay as a graveyard of the sea. Disaster on Saint Patrick's Day. In 1870 there was no regular line of shipping sailing between London and Australia via the Cape. Devitt & Moore, of England, planned a new service. The firm built their first ship, The Queen of the Thames, at a cost of £55,000. The new ship left England in November, 1870, and made a fast run to Melbourne, where she received a big welcome, for the Australians had never before seen anything to compare with the luxury of her fittings or comforts of her cabin accommodation. More than 200 passengers booked for the return trip. Besides her crew of 120, she carried a cargo of wool. On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1871, she was scheduled to anchor in Table Bay the next morning. The passengers got up a hilarious party to celebrate the voyage and the captain was present. Some of the passengers had not yet gone to bed before disaster overtook them for the ship ran hard ashore on a reef near Struys Point. Bredasdorp people showed the ship-wrecked Australians how hospitable South Africans can be. The Queen of the Thames lay on the rocks with her masts still standing and her sails moving in the breeze. Six citizens of Port Elizabeth formed themselves into a syndicate and bought the ship for £15.000 and at once began to sell off the valuable contents. The loss of The Queen of the Thames was a tragedy for the Cape because Devitt and Moore, discouraged, gave up the idea of building a fleet for the Australian run. It was not until the Orient Line began to call at Cape Town in 1878 that a regular service from England to Australia via Table Bay was established. Queen Of The Thames 1871 Incidentally, although the wreck lies in 30 feet of water, a wooden section of the port side lies on the shore opposite the memorial. Although it is normally covered by sand it does sometimes become exposed after a strong southeast storm. Wreck of the MFV Meisho Maru No. 38 Suiderstrand, South Africa Today marks 38 years since this fascinating ship(one of the most recent ships to have ran aground) stranded along the L'Algulhas coastline. The MFV Meisho Maru No. 38 was a small Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in the stormy waters around L'Agulhas in the early morning hours of 16 November 1982. The accident occurred close to shore and the crew of 17 all managed to swim to safety, leaving the ship as the only casualty. After surviving seas than, at times, can produce swells of up to 30 metres, the ship finally broke apart a few years ago. Museum hours are subject to change without prior notification Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 15:00 Saturday, Sunday, public holidays: Closed Saturday: 10:00 - 15:00 Sunday: 11:00 - 15:00 YouTube channel Exploring Namibia TV publishes four video a week: on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Themes range from travelling in Africa to exploring Europe and Russia. © Exploring Namibia TV Soundtrack: Away by Patrick Patrikios Facebook: NAMIBIA:   / namibia.namibia   SOUTH AFRICA:   / south.africa.rsa   EQUIPMENT | ОБОРУДОВАНИЕ: AERIAL: DJI PHANTOM 3 PRO | DJI MAVIC PRO PHONES: IPHONE XR | XIAOMI REDMI NOTE VIDEO CAMERAS: SONY HDR-CX360E | PANASONIC HC-X1 ✩F A C E B O O K | ФБ ►  / exploringnamibiatv   ✩B L O G | БЛОГ ►http://sa-nam-news.blogspot.com ✩V K EN TV | ГРУППА ВК ►https://bit.ly/2I3ws4P ✩T W I T T E R | ТВИТТЕР ►  / traveltonamibia   ✩PURCHASE VIDEO P5 | ПОРТФОЛИО P5 ►https://bit.ly/2Vvbb6L ✩W E B S I T E | САЙТ ►www.traveltonamibia.com ✩C O N T A C T | КОНТАКТЫ ►info@traveltonamibia.com ✩W H A T S U P T E X T | ВОТСАП ТЕКСТ: +264 817 666862