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In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 619
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South African History Online. (2012, August 14). In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090460
South African History Online (2012) 'In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090460 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).
South African History Online, In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090460, (accessed 9 August 2026).
"In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090460. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090460.
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