SKELETON COAST
by John H Marsh
| 1945
A mineralogical surveyor, Mr P.T.Walters, in January 1945 made his way to the Skeleton Coast and later sent these photos of what he found to the Author. |
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Skeleton of a native near the mouth of the Hoarusib River (the inscription in the sand, laid with the aid of small white stones, was presumably added irreverently by the photographer). |
The Dunedin Star; broken and disintegrating, yet still defiantly
holding her poop gun steady. |
The wreck of Naude's bomber, high upon the beach. |
The grave of Mathias in its original form, with the plank on which his shipmates had written their tribute forming part of a crude cross. In the background the wreck of the "Sir Charles Elliott", her mast, funnel and bridge still standing. |
