MV Dunedin Star I was a Blue Star Line ship that ran aground on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia on November 29, 1942 while carrying passengers and cargo from Liverpool to Saldanha Bay, South Africa and to Aden and Egypt.
Her cargo was munitions and supplies for the Allies' World War II effort, while the 21 fare-paying passengers she was carrying were escaping the Blitz plaguing London.
This ship hit a shoal, then ran aground. Its lifeboat's engine failed. The first ship that tried to help it also ran aground, then a rescue aircraft tried to land on the nearby coast but dug into the dirt. Four days later, it was fixed, took off, then crashed again 43 minutes later.
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