Eduard Bohlen
{{Short description|German cargo ship}}
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Eduard Bohlen was a ship that was wrecked on the Skeleton Coast of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) on 5 September 1909 in a thick fog. The wreck currently lies in the sand {{convert|400|m|abbr=on}} from the shoreline.{{cite web
|url=http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/swakopmund&page=18
|title=Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund & Walvis Bay
|access-date=2007-04-12
Service
Eduard Bohlen was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of {{convert|310|ft|m|order=flip|abbr=on}}. In September 1909, she ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from Swakopmund to Table Bay.
Wreck
Bohlen lies near two other wrecks: Otavi, which foundered here and sank in 1945,{{cite web
|url=http://www.africaguide.com/features/trvafmag/025.htm
|title=African Guide
|access-date=2007-04-12
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408034600/http://www.africaguide.com/features/trvafmag/025.htm
|archive-date=2007-04-08
|url-status=dead
}} and {{ship|MV|Dunedin Star}}, among the many wrecks of the Skeleton Coast.
In popular culture
- The wreck was featured in the 1987 film Steel Dawn.
- A 1990s documentary on another vessel lost on the same beach miles away, the MV Dunedin Star, also featured the Bohlen.
- The wreck was featured in the 2011 television series Wonders of the Universe. {{cite episode |series= Wonders of the Universe |title= Destiny |airdate= 3 October 2011 }}
- It was featured in the 2016 Amazon Video series The Grand Tour. {{cite episode |series= The Grand Tour |title= The Beach (Buggy) Boys Part 1 |season= 1 |number= 7 |airdate= 30 December 2016 }}
- It features as the finish point for the 2020 sport relief The Heat Is On.
- It made an appearance in a scene in the 2024 Amazon Video series Fallout."The Target." Fallout. Season 1. Episode 2. 9 April 2024.
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