Namibia: Atlantic West Coast shipwrecks: "Erycina" & "Flora" | Кораблекрушения Намибии

Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Erycina" & "Flora" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии

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26. "Erycina"

Date: 04.09.1896

Cape Cross

In 1896, the "Erycina", a sailing Norwegian bark vessel belonging to the Damaraland Guano Company sank while it was offloading coal and supplies and loading guano destined for the U.K. when strong winds blew her ashore. Additional pumps were supplied at Cape Cross, but after two days it was found that she could not be kept afloat. It was finally decided to beach her. "Erycina"'s crew was taken back to Europe by the Woermann Liner, Lothar Bohlen. Over the years many wooden parts of this ship were washed ashore in the bay north of Cape Cross. There are no recognisable traces of "Erycina" today.

27. "Flora"

Date: 31.03.1859

South of Walvis Bay

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Namibia: Atlantic West Coast shipwrecks: "Eduard Bohlen" & "Eliza" | Кораблекрушения Намибии

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

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