Shipwrecks off South Africa

14 wrecks whose nearest coast is South Africa, in date order, lost between 1682 and 1994.

• Johanna (East Indiaman) 1682East Indiaman · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
• HMS Sceptre 1799third-rate · Storm or weather · South Africa
• HMS Birkenhead 1852steamboat · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
• SS Lusitania 1911offshore dive site · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
• U-179 1942U-boat · off South Africa
• HMS Thames 1947training vessel · Scuttled · off South Africa
• MTS Oceanos 1991cruise ship · off South Africa
• HMS Pelorus 1994minesweeper · Scuttled · off South Africa
• SS Oakburn and Bos 400 1994offshore dive site · Storm or weather · off South Africa
• Bom Jesus carrack · off South Africa
• SAS Good Hope frigate · Scuttled · off South Africa
• SAS Transvaal frigate · Scuttled · South Africa
• SS Maori shoreline dive site · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
• SS Thomas T. Tucker shoreline dive site · off South Africa