Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Nafsiporos" & "Natal Coast" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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Unknown wreck Walvis Bay:
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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