Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Nortun" & "Oceana Star" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии

Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Nortun" & "Oceana Star" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии

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66.2. "Nortun"

Date: 1943

Chamais Bay

This Norwegian steamship freighter was torpedoed and sunk by U-516 west of Chamais Bay. She was in a convoy which left Cape Town on the 18th March headed for the Carribbean when she was lost, 8 crewmen and 2 armed guards died, 37 crew survived.

67. "Oceana Star"

Date: 26.02.1975

Conception Bay

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Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Nafsiporos" & "Natal Coast" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии

Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Nafsiporos" & "Natal Coast" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии

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64. "Nafsiporos"

Date: 05.07.1969

Chamais Bay

65. "Natal Coast"

The Natal Coast, Durban coaster steamer of over 3000 tons, was stranded in thick fog just north of the Gertrud Woermann II approximately 30 km north of Swakopmund.

She was on her way from Matadi to Cape Town. The crew of 35 abandoned the ship, which was pounded by heavy seas, only a few hundred yards from the shore. It was told that the crew on this ship was not permitted off the ship until armed guards arrived to prevent sailors from picking up diamonds which were all over the beach.

On weekends school children from Swakopmund used to play on this wreck. She had a large consignment of coconuts on board, which was a delicacy at the time.

A scrap dealer eventually dismantled her. Today only part of her engine room and boilers are visible at low tide.

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Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Collinstar" & "Consortium Omega" | Кораблекрушения Намибии

Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Collinstar" & "Consortium Omega" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии

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15. "Collinstar"

Date: February 1965

Chamais Bay

Collinstar, the British standby tug, sank near Chamais Bay in February 1965 with the loss of all six crew.

16.1. "Consortium Omega"

Date: 09.07.1981

Conception Bay

MFV CONSORTIUM OMEGA (WB95) was a South African Purse Seiner that foundered near Conception Bay, 51 nm south of Walvis Bay in 1981. She was built by Fritz Nieswandt, Luderwitz, Sa and owned by Consortium Visserye.

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