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Completed: 1960 Engineer: SA Railways & Harbours Top of lighthouse. (Source: City of Cape Town) Photo after a storm in July 2018. (Source: Le Roux, M. et al) (Photo: Bruce Sutherland, CCT) Photo, 2012. (Source: A3alb on Wikimedia Commons) "On 16 January 1647, a fleet of three ships, the 500 tonne Haarlem, the 1000 tonne Witte Olifant and the 800 tonne Schiedam, under the command of Vice-Commander Reinier van ‘t Zuim (aboard the Witte Olifant) left Batavia, for the return journey to the Netherlands Republic.13 On 25 March 1647, the ships called and anchored at Table Bay, between Robben Island and the mainland, when a strong south-easterly gale sprang up and the Haarlem, with 120 people aboard, was driven ashore and stranded near the present Milnerton Beach ." (Master, 2012) "When provision was made in the Railways & Harbours Estimates for 1956 for a new, automatically-operated installation on the beach, Milnerton Estates protested that this would interfere with ...

Date: 1954 Engineer: SA Railways & Harbours Photo 1950s. (SARN) Construction and history It was completed in 1954 and first lit on the night of November 25, 1954, by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). It recently celebrated its 70th anniversary in late 2024. The tower was built relatively quickly (in just a few days of construction) and came shortly after the nearby Cooper Lighthouse in Durban was commissioned in 1953. Originally, the site was planned in the grounds of the famous Oyster Box Hotel nearby, but it ended up on the beach promenade. Structure It's a 21-meter-high cylindrical concrete tower, painted white on the lower part and red on the upper section (including the lantern house). The focal plane (light height) is 25 meters above high water mark. Function It's an active, unmanned, and fully automatic navigational aid. The main light is a powerful 600,000 candela electric rotating beacon visible for 24 nautical miles, helping guide ships along the coa...