When the salvors failed to remove the Eihatsu Maru from Clifton 1st Beach in the couple of days after she ran aground, Tony and I took one of our occasional night drives (usually done when one of us has cabin fever and the other one can remember an ice cream shop that is still open at 9pm) to Clifton to see what the vessel looked like at night.
The sight of the ship on the beach was dramatic, and despite the darkness Tony managed to get some fairly decent photos of the deck and superstructure of the ship with his long lens.
The ship was successfully removed from the beach on Friday 18 May, three days after these pictures were taken.
If you’re interested in visible shipwrecks, check out my ebook Cape Town’s Visible Shipwrecks: A Guide for Explorers!
