Conception Bay, Namibia
Conception Bay (Afrikaans: Conceptionbaai, German: Empfängnisbucht) is a bay on the coast of Namibia, Africa. The bay is exposed, thus not providing a useful anchorage.
Geography
Conception Bay opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest. There is a lagoon at the southern edge of its shoreline. The bay is located in a desolate area. It is part of one of the coastal stretches of Namibia where diamonds are found.
Shipwrecks
On 30 July 1926 the SS Cawdor Castle, a cargo ship under the flag of the United Kingdom, ran aground in Conception Bay. She broke up over the following weeks and was a complete wreck by early September.
See also
References
- ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Band I, S. 562
- ^ "Conception Bay". Mapcarta. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Band I, S. 447 ff.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 44338. London. 31 July 1926. col G, p. 8.
- ^ "Union-Castle liner ashore". The Times. No. 44338. London. 31 July 1926. col C, p. 20.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 44368. London. 4 September 1926. col G, p. 17.
External links
- Karte des Küstengebietes zwischen Hottentottenbucht und Empfängnisbucht
- Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Funkentelegrafie Empfängnisbucht
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