Eduard Bohlen was a ship that was stranded on the Skeleton Coast of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) while offloading equipment for a diamond mine on 5 September 1909 in a thick fog. After attempts made by marine vessel Otavi to get her afloat failed, the ship became entrenched in the sand. Miners later used it as a 'hotel' until the mine shut down.
The wreck currently lies in the sand from the shoreline.
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Eduard Bohlen was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of . 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, and , 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. It was featured in the 2016 Amazon Video series The Grand Tour. 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. The wreck features as an example of decay over time during the documentary Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time titled What is Time? (Series 1 Episode 4).
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