Engineering:Eduard Bohlen

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Short description: German cargo ship
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Wreck of Eduard Bohlen on Namibia's Skeleton Coast
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Eduard Bohlen was a ship that was wrecked on the Skeleton Coast of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) on 5 September 1909 in a thick fog. The wreck currently lies in the sand 400 m (1,300 ft) from the shoreline.[2][1]

Service

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The ship in 1906.

Eduard Bohlen was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of 94 m (310 ft). In September 1909, she ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from Swakopmund to Table Bay.[1]

Wreck

Bohlen lies near two other wrecks: Otavi, which foundered here and sank in 1945,[3] and missing name, among the many wrecks of the Skeleton Coast.

  • The wreck was featured in the 1987 film Steel Dawn.
  • A 1990s documentary on another vessel lost on the same beach miles away, the MV Dunedin Star, also featured the Bohlen.
  • The wreck was featured in the 2011 television series Wonders of the Universe.[4]
  • It was featured in the 2016 Amazon Video series The Grand Tour.[5]
  • It features as the finish point for the 2020 sport relief The Heat Is On.
  • It made an appearance in a scene in the 2024 Amazon Video series Fallout.[6]
  • The wreck features as an example of decay over time during the documentary Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time titled What is Time? (Series 1 Episode 4).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ship Descriptions - E". theshipslist.com. 2012. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsE.shtml. 
  2. "Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund & Walvis Bay". http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/swakopmund&page=18. 
  3. "African Guide". http://www.africaguide.com/features/trvafmag/025.htm. 
  4. "Destiny". Wonders of the Universe. 3 October 2011.
  5. "The Beach (Buggy) Boys Part 1". The Grand Tour. Season 1. Episode 7. 30 December 2016.
  6. "The Target." Fallout. Season 1. Episode 2. 9 April 2024.

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