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 from the shoreline.
Service
Eduard Bohlen was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of . In September 1909, she ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from Swakopmund to Table Bay.
Wreck
Bohlen lies near two other wrecks: Otavi, which foundered here and sank in 1945, 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.
- It was featured in the 2016 Amazon Video series The Grand Tour.
- 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.
- 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).
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