Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Naustilus" & "Norma" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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66. "Naustilus"
Date: 06.03.1919
Possession Island
66.1. "Norma"
The fishing vessel that foundered near Cape Cross.
Date: 1969
Cape Cross
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Maria Angelina" & "Maridal" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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58. "Maria Angelina"
Date: 1923
North of Cape Fria.
59. "Maridal"
Date: 23.01.1926
Possession Island
This vessel grounded on Possession Island at Luderitz.
The steamboat "Maridal"
1926: Dr. Hans Merensky discovers diamonds south of the Orange river. Mining and production equipment, machinery and building material are supplied by Metje & Ziegler. The steam boat "Maridal" runs aground near Possession Island. In order to speed up the sale of the salvaged timber, Metje establishes a branch in Walvis Bay and stores part of the timber there.
1927: An event of outstanding importance is the purchase of the steamboat Maridal, which ran aground near Possession Island in 1926. Timber salvaged from the Maridal is shipped to Walvis Bay to handle the extensive business which pours in from Windhoek and the north. This results in a full branch being opened at Walvis Bay.
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Kate" & "Kent" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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51. "Kate"
Date: 31.07.1926
Possession Island
52. "Kent"
Date: 05.07.1850
Hottentot Bay
Barque
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Jane" & "Jenny Leonie" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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48. "Jane"
Date: 1852
Possession Island
48.1 "Jenny Leonie"
Date: 1971
Walvis Bay
This fishing vessel foundered in the Walvis Bay Harbour.
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Dee" & "Diamond mine vehicles" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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18. "Dee"
Date: 06.02.1905
Possession Island
SS DEE ran aground and was wrecked on Possession Island while on passage from Cape Town to Angra Pequina, SW Africa with general cargo on the 6th February 1905. Owned since 1902 by Cape of Good Hope SS Syndicate Ltd (e T Chaddock, Mgr) Cape Town.
19. "Diamond mine vehicles dump site"
Location: 28°26'09.22"S 16°16'06.37"E
Location: Oranjemund area. The Consolidated Diamond Mines (De Beers) have the largest diamond mine earth moving vehicle machinery fleet graveyard in the world. Visits to diamond area are prohibited due to security reasons. Once a vehicle has been used for diamond harvesting, it is not allowed to leave the mine site anymore, even after end of its lifespan. Machines of any types have been collected up in this graveyard since early 1900's. Possible reason is that people could find diamonds hidden in these old machines should it be released from prohibited area. There are enough vintage machines to open a large museum.
This graveyard of relics portrait long history of the Namibian diamond mining since first diamond was found at Kolmanskop in Sperrgebiet by Zacharias Lewala. There are some surplus Sherman tanks used to bulldoze sand, a train of 20th century railroad cars with German markings and World War II battle tank with a British insignia on it had a huge steel blade welded in front of the gun turret as De Beers converted these tanks to bulldozers.
