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The following lists events that happened during 1903 in South Africa.
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John Thomson Rennie (1824-1878) was a Scottish ship-owner who played an important role in the South African shipping business from the mid-nineteenth century, carrying mail, cattle, and passengers. Two of his steamers were sunk in accidents not long after he received them but he continued in business with other ships.
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The Waldensian was a steamship of the Rennie line that was lost on 13 October 1862 after it ran aground on rocks at Struis Point near Cape Agulhas en route from Durban to Cape Town. The passengers included eight predikants of the Dutch Reformed Church, one of them, the reverend Frans L. Cachet, later writing that it was said on leaving Durban that the ship would not arrive safely, as "one minister aboard a ship is bad enough, but with eight on board, things could not possibly go well." There was no loss of life.
The Umgeni was a sailing ship of the Rennie line. She was launched in 1864 and served as a passenger ship transporting colonists to Natal before being converted to a coal carrier. In 1876 she ran aground near Glenelg in South Australia but was re-floated.
References
- ↑ "John T. Rennie Lines". www.theshipslist.com.
- ↑ "Sailing Vessel TRANSVAAL built by John Crown in 1874 for J. T. Rennie & Co., Aberdeen, Cargo". sunderlandships.com.
