| Vessel name | MFV Tristania | | Type of vessel | Fishing vessel (crayfish) | | | | | Length | App. 50m | | Beam | | | Draught | | | Tonnage | 628 | | | | | Date sunk | 23/02/1978 | | Cause of sinking | Scuttled | | Approximate position | Off Robben Island | | Cargo | N/a | | Casualties | N/a | | | | | Remarks | Originally built in Belfast, Ireland as a minesweeper, but never commissioned as such. Owned by the Tristan Development Corporation, she operated in the waters around Tristan da Cunha and also played an important role in the evacuation of the island during the volcanic eruption of 1961. For the last five years of her life she served as an oil pollution vessel on the SA coast. Virgin wreck. | | |
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| Vessel name | MV Gamtoos | | Type of vessel | Ex WW2 salvage vessel; Guano islands supply ship | | | | | Length | 58.5m | | Beam | 9.41m | | Draught | 3.96m | | Tonnage | 797 | | | | | Date sunk | 12/06/1976 | | Cause of sinking | Scuttled – Schackleton aircraft of SA Air force | | Approximate position | Robben Island | | Cargo | N/a | | Casualties | N/a | | | | | Remarks | Captain "Dutchy" Brand served for 23 years aboard the government owed vessel, making 12 voyages a year to collect 3000 tons of guano from the 15 bird islands up the west coast of Africa; a service she provided for 26 years. Virgin wreck. | | | |
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| Vessel name | MV Francis Repetto | | Type of vessel | Hulk | | | | | Length | App. 50m | | Beam | | | Draught | | | Tonnage | | | | | | Date sunk | 09/07/1971 | | Cause of sinking | Took on water | | Approximate position | Off Robben Island | | Cargo | N/a | | Casualties | Unknown, but unlikely | | | | | Remarks | Whilst under tow she began taking on water and was abandoned. Virgin wreck. | | |
| Vessel name | MFV Boston Typhoon | | Type of vessel | I & J trawler | | | | | Length | App. 30m | | Beam | | | Draught | | | Tonnage | 393 | | | | | Date sunk | 04/11/1978 | | Cause of sinking | Scuttled | | Approximate position | 5 kms from Robben Island | | Cargo | N/a | | Casualties | N/a | | | | | Remarks | Built in 1959, she was originally owned by the Boston Deep Sea Fishing Corporation Ltd. Six months prior to her sinking, she was towed to Cape Town harbour after being abandoned when fire broke out on her 60 miles off Cape Columbine. The fire destroyed her and she scuttled shortly thereafter. Virgin wreck. | | | |
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| Vessel name | TS Mc Ewan | | Type of vessel | Tug | | | | | Length | App. 30m | | Beam | | | Draught | | | Tonnage | | | | | | Date sunk | 10/06/1977 | | Cause of sinking | Scuttled | | Approximate position | 8 kms west of Robben Island | | Cargo | N/a | | Casualties | N/a | | | | | Remarks | She was employed in the Cape Town Harbour and after 52 years of service was scuttled. Virgin wreck. | | | |
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| Vessel name | MFV Disa | | Type of vessel | Steam trawler | | | | | Length | 47.8m | | Beam | 8.22m | | Draught | 4.26m | | Tonnage | 452 | | | | | Date sunk | 27/09/1967 | | Cause of sinking | Collision | | Approximate position | Off Sea Point | | Cargo | Fish | | Casualties | 10 crew members, 14 saved | | | | | Remarks | Built in 1958 in Beverley, Yorkshire by Cook, Welton and Gremmel.
Sank following a collision with the trawler Lupin. Virgin wreck. | |
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