Sao Bento Joins the Sao Joao (1554)

As the survivors of the Portuguese shipwreck Sao Bento walked North along the coast of Africa they found traces all along their way of those who had passed before them. Only two years before the Sao Joao had wrecked on this same shore. Survival among the people who had been on the Sao Joao had been minimal, and those on the Sao Bento could only hope that fate would be more kind to them. Ship Name: Sao Bento Nationality: Portuguese Built: 1551 Tonnage: 900 tons Ship Type: Carrack Year Wrecked: 1554 Reason for Wreck: Ran aground in a storm Location Wrecked: Near the Msikaba River, South Africa Lives Lost: An estimated 144 in the initial wreck, many more would not survive the walk to Maputo Bay. Sources: Reinvestigating the Wreck of the Sixteenth Century Portuguese Galleon Sao Joao by Elizabeth Burger. 2003 https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ship-sao-bento-st-benedict-wrecked-transkei-coast https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022635539&view=1up&seq=343&q1=BENTO https://shiplib.org/index.php/shipwrecks/iberian-shipwrecks/portuguese-india-route/s-bento-1554/ https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA03040798_529 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-de-Almeida https://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=3372 https://www.academia.edu/6947900/PORTUGUESE_SHIPWRECKS_and_THE_NGUNI https://www.natalia.org.za/Files/27/Natalia%20v27%20article%20p30-41%20C.pdf https://www.scielo.br/j/tem/a/Jrkwqtn38BGyRXSNxSVw9CH/?format=pdf&lang=en https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/117/10/1683.pdf Do you enjoy our content? We are so glad. If you would like to support our continued endeavors please consider donating at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shipwreckarchiv