Eduard Bohlen

{{Short description|German cargo ship}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image=Eduard Bohlen anagoria.jpg | image_caption=Wreck of ''Eduard Bohlen'' on Namibia's Skeleton Coast }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header= | country= Germany | flag= {{Shipboxflag|German Empire|civil}} | name= ''Eduard Bohlen'' | namesake= | owner= Woermann-Linie, Hamburg | operator= | registry= | route=Hamburg - West Africa | ordered= | awarded= | builder=Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | original_cost= | yard_number=75 | way_number= | laid_down= | launched=23 October 1890 | sponsor= | christened= | completed= January 1891 | acquired= | maiden_voyage= | in_service= | out_of_service= | renamed= | reclassified= | refit= | struck= | reinstated= | homeport= | identification= | motto= | nickname= | fate=Wrecked, 5 September 1909 | notes= | badge= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header= | header_caption=<ref name="theshipslist">{{cite web |url= http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsE.shtml |title=Ship Descriptions - E |work=theshipslist.com |year=2012 |access-date=22 July 2012}}</ref> | class= | type= Passenger/cargo ship | tonnage={{GRT|2,272}} | displacement= | length= {{Convert|310|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | beam= {{Convert|38|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} | height= | draught= | depth= | hold_depth= | decks= | deck_clearance= | power= | propulsion= | speed= {{Convert|10.5|kn|lk=in}} | range= | endurance= | boats= | capacity=32 first class and 14 second class passengers | crew= | armour= | notes= }} }} '''''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/swakopmund&page=18 |title=Skeleton Coast, Swakopmund & Walvis Bay |access-date=2007-04-12 }}</ref><ref name="theshipslist"/>

==Service== thumb|250px|left|The ship in 1906. ''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.<ref name="theshipslist"/>

==Wreck== ''Bohlen'' lies near two other wrecks: ''Otavi'', which foundered here and sank in 1945,<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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''.<ref> {{cite episode |series= Wonders of the Universe |title= Destiny |airdate= 3 October 2011 }} </ref> * It was featured in the 2016 Amazon Video series ''The Grand Tour''.<ref> {{cite episode |series= The Grand Tour |title= The Beach (Buggy) Boys Part 1 |season= 1 |number= 7 |airdate= 30 December 2016 }} </ref> * 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''.<ref>"The Target." ''Fallout''. Season 1. Episode 2. 9 April 2024.</ref> * 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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