Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Hans die Skipper" & "Heideveld" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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36. "Hans die Skipper"
Date: 08.05.1970
Conception Bay
37. "Heideveld"
Date: August 1968
South of Horing Bay
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Fukuseki Maru" & "Gamsberg" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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30. "Fukuseki Maru"
Date: 22 March 2018
Mile 108
GPS: -21.308333, 13.695838
MVF "Fukuseki Maru No 7", Japanese tuna fishing longliner vessel ran aground near Mile 108, south of Ugab River estuary, near Durissa Bay, on 22 March 2018. The ship was en-route with tuna catch from Angola fishing grounds to Walvis Bay. It grounded on coastal rocks, crew evacuated. Navigational error was the cause of this accident.
IMO 9141223, Call sign JEKB, GT 577, built 1996, flag Japan.
Present wreck's location GPS coordinates: -21.308333, 13.695838.
31. "Gamsberg"
Date: 02 June 1981
Namibia: West Coast shipwrecks: "Forester" & "Frotamerica" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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28. "Forester"
Date: February 1897
Cape Cross
The sailing vessel "Forester" was grounded at Cape Cross in February 1897.
29. "Frotamerica"
Date: 25.03.2013
Near Anichab Rocks
The Brazilian 35 000 tons bulk cargo Frotamerica, built in 1979 by Estaleiro Ilha, on tow by MV SKUA to the scrapers, lost her tow and was wrecked near Anichab Rocks on 25 March 2013, no casualties reported.
The wreckage and oil pollution present a threat to wildlife along the coast.
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: "Auckland" & "Balgowan Castle" | Кораблекрушения у западного побережья Намибии
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7. "Auckland" wreck
Date: 20.02.1909
Location: Possession Island
8. "Balgowan Castle" wreck
Date: August 1904
Location: Easter Cliffs
The route to the wreck leads over the cliffs past huge whale bones scattered on the desolated beach. It travels all the way to Easter Point, where diamond mining took place in 1924. An old truck with wooden spoke-wheels near an old shack can be viewed as well as the remains of steamship “Balgowan Castle”, which ran aground in 1904.
No photos of these two wrecks are available.
