Eduard Bohlen Explained

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 400m (1,300feet) from the shoreline.^[1]

Service

The ship was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of 310order=flipNaNorder=flip. In September 1909, it ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from Swakopmund to Table Bay.

Wreck

The Bohlen lies near two other wrecks, the Otavi, which foundered here and sank in 1945, ^[2] and, among the many wrecks of the Skeleton Coast.

In popular culture

• 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.^[3]
• It was featured in the 2016 Amazon Video series The Grand Tour.^[4]
• 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.^[5]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund & Walvis Bay. 2007-04-12.
2. Web site: African Guide . 2007-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070408034600/http://www.africaguide.com/features/trvafmag/025.htm . 2007-04-08 . dead.
3. Wonders of the Universe . Destiny . 3 October 2011 .
4. The Grand Tour . The Beach (Buggy) Boys Part 1 . 1 . 7 . 30 December 2016 .
5. "The Target." Fallout. Season 1. Episode 2. 9 April 2024.