Suddenly, at 11 p.m. 'shoaled the water from 20 to 17 fathoms, and before the man in the chains could heave another cast the ship struck and lay fast on some rocks'.
Msinyana, ngentsimbi yeshumi elinanye ebusuku kwavakala intlaninge isidibi samanzi ukusuka kumashumi amabini ukuya kwishumi lesixhenxe ngomlinganiselo wenyawo naphambi kokuba indoda eyayidibenisa ikwitsheyini inyuke uyokuphaseka kwenye inqanawa eyayingqubeke yayo kuwa msinya phantsi.