''Eduard Bohlen'' was a ship that was wrecked on the

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) on 5 September 1909 in a thick

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. The wreck currently lies in the sand from the shoreline.

Service

The ship was a 2,272 gross ton cargo ship with a length of . In September 1909, it ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked at

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while on a voyage from

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Wreck

The Bohlen lies near two wrecks of ''

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'', which foundered here and sank in 1945, and , among the many wrecks of the Skeleton Coast.

In popular culture

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 ''

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''. It was later featured in the 2016

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''. It features as the finish point for 2020 sport relief The Heat Is On.

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1890 ships Maritime incidents in 1909 Shipwrecks of Namibia {{ship-stub