50 years on, remembering the Thorland disaster - the 'saddest day in South African shipping'
By Richard Carr 
Jun 9, 2020
The 9th June marks one of the saddest days in the life of South African shipping line Safmarine for it was on this day 50 years ago that disaster struck one of its managed tankers en route to the Persian Gulf to load oil for Durban, writes Richard Carr.
