Incident Photo Of The Week

Good stuff John!

Anyone else want to take a shot at it before I announce a t-shirt winner?

Great info, John! Thanks. Bookmarked the ships list link for future research.

By the way you can see it on Google maps here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-23.995278,14.45...

The EDUARD BOHLEN was a 2,272 gross ton passenger / cargo ship, length 310.6ft x beam 38.1ft, single screw, speed 10.5 knots. Accommodation for 32-1st and 14-2nd class passengers. Completed Jan.1891 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (Yard No.75) for Die Africanische Dampschiffs AG (managed by Woermann Line), Hamburg and used on the Hamburg - West Africa service. 1895 sold to Cie. Maritime Belge du Congo, Antwerp. 1898 purchased by Woermann Line, Hamburg. 5th Sep.1909 ran aground in thick fog and wrecked at Conception Bay while on voyage Swakopmund to Table Bay with general cargo. [Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1891 by Starke / Schell] [Die Schiffe der deutschen Afrika-Linien 1880-1945 by Arnold Kludas contains photos of the ship and the wreck]

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/...