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Madagascar (1855 ship)

The Madagascar was a ship of the Rennie line that was lost in 1858 after it hit a reef near the mouth of the Birha River, south of East London, in South Africa, around midnight on 3 December. Attempts to keep the ship afloat failed and it was run aground on the 4th and broke up. There were no deaths.

References

Further reading

  • Ingpen, B. & Ingrid Staude-Griesel (Ed.) (2000) Horizons: The Story of Rennies, 1849-1999. Johannesburg: Rennies Management Services.