British transport Hermes wrecked according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 15 May 1901

An item reported that the British transport Hermes was stranded in the Table Bay and was presumably lost while it was not known if there were casualties.

Note

1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.