Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Ontdekker I" & "Orion" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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69. "Ontdekker I"
Date: 1979
Near Walvis Bay
A South African fishing vessel foundered near Walvis Bay.
70. "Orion"
Date: 1840s
Ichaboe Island.
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Limpopo" & "Lord Keane" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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54. "Limpopo"
Date: 01.01.1930
Sylvia Hill
55. "Lord Keane"
Date: 1840s
Ichaboe Island
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Gethen" & "Guernsey Lilly" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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34. "Gethen"
Date: 26.01.1954
Henties Bay
Gethen, the fishing trawler, was stranded at Henties Bay's North Dune and became one of the most well-known shipwrecks at the west coast. The wreck was used by local anglers for fishing from her in high tide but nothing is lest of it as the rough Atlantic disintegrated Gethen's body to pieces. Many vessel pieces and artifacts were carried away by local visitors and parts of its structure was also used as firewood. The late Mr. Keet mentioned amongst others that the nameplate of this boat was kept as a decoration at one of the holiday houses at Henties Bay. It is possible that the engine block is still visible during low tide.
35. "Guernsey Lilly"
Date: 1840s
Ichaboe Island
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Eduard Bohlen" & "Eliza" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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24. "Eduard Bohlen"
Date: 05.09.1909
Conception Bay
"Eduard Bohlen": 2,272 ton/95 m long, single screw, speed 10.5 knots, German passenger / cargo ship (Woermann Line). Passenger accommodation: 1st Class: 32, 2nd Class: 14. Completed in January 1891 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Yard No.75) for Die Africanische Dampschiffs AG (managed by Woermann Line), Hamburg and used on the Hamburg - West Africa route. 1895 sold to Cie. Maritime Belge du Congo, Antwerpen. "Eduard Bohlen" was repurchased by Woermann Line, Hamburg in 1898.
It was en-route from Swakopmund to Table Bay and ran aground at Conception Bay on 5 September 1909 in thick fog when it was due to offload equipment for the diamond workers near Conception Bay on her voyage from Swakopmund to Table Bay. After offloading of some cargo and equipment aboard the Eduard Bohlen marine vessel Otavi attempted to tow the Eduard Bohlen from the sandbank. Unfortunately the attempt failed, 30 passengers disembarked and were transported to Swakopmund.
Within next ten days, according to reports, so much sand settled around the Eduard Bohlen that it was possible to walk from the beach to the stranded ship at low tide. It is 800 m inland now and partially buried under the desert sand.
25. "Eliza"
Date: 1840s
Ichaboe Island
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Copenhagen" & "Daphne" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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16.2. "Copenhagen (København)"
Date: 1928
The five masted Danish barque Kobenhavn (Copenhagen) used as a naval training vessel until its disappearance after December 22, 1928. The world's largest sailing ship, 3930 tons. Built at Leith in 1921 for the Danish East Asiatic Company by the firm of Ramage & Ferguson. The Kobenhavn was lost in 1928. Missing with all hands when bound from Buenos Aires to Australia.
Rumours, theories and searches for the lost barque have continued ever since. In 2012 divers found a wreck on Tristan da Cunha that some believe might be the missing ship. The Danish government and the Danish East Asiatic Company were reportedly taking the suggestion seriously enough to establish the truth of this possibility. But nothing has since been reported.
The only trace of the Copenhagen disappearance were 7 skeletons, dressed in torn sea jackets, found in 1935 in the Namib Desert in the Skeleton Coast (Atlantic coast of Namibia). Anthropologists confirmed that remains belonged to Europeans judging by the skulls structure. Patterns on the copper buttons of the pea jackets which skeletons were dressed in belonged to the uniform of the Danish merchant fleet cadets as experts established.
Local tribesmen were questioned and according to them a several years earlier they found a broken boat on shore. It means that at least one boat from the Kobenhavn reached the shore, but sailors died of hunger and thirst on the deserted African coast. The owners of the East Asian company no longer had any doubts, because until 1935 only one training vessel of Denmark - the Copenhagen - was lost.
17. "Daphne"
Date: 23.11.1845
Ichaboe Island
The ship sank off Ichaboe Island, Portuguese West Africa. She was on a voyage from Ichaboe Island to Blyth, Northumberland. "Ship News". The Times (18833). London. 29 January 1845. col F.
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Catherina D" & "Clara and Florence" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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10.1. "Catherina D"
Date: 1887
Hottentot Point
This sailing barque foundered offshore, west of Hottentot Point.
14.1. "Clara and Florence"
Date: 1873
Ichaboe Island
The vessel was lost north of Hottentot Bay near Ichaboe Island.
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Benguela Eagle" & "Canute" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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9. "Benguela Eagle" wreck
Date: 05.06.1973
Location: 25 km north of Ugab River
The shipwreck is located 25 km north of the Ugab River, inside the Skeleton Coast National Park. Benguela Eagle was a 78 ton fishing vessel that ran aground on 05 June 1973. According to another source of information Benguela Eagle fishing vessel was wrecked between the Uarib and Hoanib rivers in 1968 and not in 1973.
10. "Canute" wreck
Date: March 1861
Location: Ichaboe Island
No photos of these two wrecks are available.
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Anne Mondell" & "Arcona" | Кораблекрушения Намибии
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3. "Anne Mondell" wreck
No image available
Date: 1840s
Location: Ichaboe Island
4. "Arkona" wreck
Remains of "Arkona" shipwreck is located a couple of kilometres north of the "Otavi" wreck. The shipwreck is hardly visible.
