The sign reads:
The Wreckling of De Visch
More than 450 shipwrecks occured along the shores of Table Bay. Most were the result of the heavy Northwest gales that lash the bay at winter. Others, such as the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman, De Vish were largely due to human error. On 4 may 1740 contrary to standing orders, De Visch attempted to sail into Table Bay at night. Mistaking a light shining from the newly built fort at Three Anchor Bay for the familira signal fire on the site of the existing Robben Island Lighthouse the captain drove his ship onto the rocks just west of today's Green Point lighthouse.
While the money chests and most of the crew were rescued the ship broke up after several days of pounding by the waves. In modern times, many Dutch Silver Rider coins have been recovered from this site, as well as several bronze breech loading swivel guns.
De Vish carried a consignment of gramic blocks as well as many large cast iron cannons which still litter the site today.