- Eduard Bohlen
The "Eduard Bohlen" was a ship that ran aground off the coast of Namibia's
Skeleton Coast on September 5, 1909, in a thickfog . Currently the wreck lies in the sand a distance from the shoreline. [cite web
url=http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/swakopmund&page=18
title=Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund & Walvis Bay
publisher=
accessdate=2007-04-12] cite web
url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsE.html
title=Ship Descriptions - E
publisher=
accessdate=2007-04-12]The ship was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of 310 feet. In September 1909, it ran aground in thick fog and wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from
Swakopmund toTable Bay . This wreck is said to personify the loneliness of Namibia’s coast best. Its remains lie rusting in the sand, partially buried. The "Otavi" foundered here and sank in 1945. [cite web
url=http://www.africaguide.com/features/trvafmag/025.htm
title=African Guide
publisher=
accessdate=2007-04-12]Notes
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MV Dunedin Star External links
* [http://www.phototravels.net/namibia/ndp2/namib-desert-air-p-52.html Photo]
* [http://rasputin.physics.uiuc.edu/~wiringa/Ships/MS-2/Germany/EduardBohlen.html Photos and info]
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