North Wrecks-Salem Express

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• The SS Thistlegorm is probably the most famous Wreck in the Red Sea. The British cargo ship was on its way to bring military equipment of all kinds for the British troops in North Africa. But then on the 6th of October 1941 a German bomber attacked the Thistlegorm. The Wreck is lying upright on the sea-bottom at 32 m depth. Especially interesting is the cargo: Tanks, Trucks, Motorcycles, Weapons, Railway carriage and two Railway engines.
• The reef at Abu Nuhas is famous for Wrecks. There are 4 Wrecks, which are today an attraction point for divers all around the world. For example the Greek cargo ship Giannis D, which ran aground the reef on 19th April 1984 and sank a short time afterwards. It is now lying in a maximum depth of 27 m and is overgrown with hard - and soft corals.
• The Dunraven, a steam and sail-powered vessel used to transport spices and timber, ran aground the reef Sha'ab Mahmoud in April 1876 during a voyage from Bombay to Newcastle and sank quickly. The ship broke in two, and her two halves came to rest on the sea floor.
• The marine park Ras Mohamed offers dreamlike diving spots, for example Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef. Both reefs are standing on a plateau, which is between 10 m to
• 20 m deep. The edges of the plateau fall down to more than 200 m. At the reef you will find nice hard and soft corals, plenty of fish in all kind of sizes. With luck you can see sharks during your early morning dive. At Yolanda Reef you can see the cargo of a Cypriot freighter Yolanda which ran aground in 1980: a large quantity of household pottery such as toilets, bath and shower tubes and bidets.
• The Salem Express is now about 1.5 boat hours southeast of Safaga at a depth of between 11 and 32 meters on the starboard side. The Wreck can be dived from the outside. Since not all bodies could be recovered from inside the ship, the Salem Express was officially declared a grave. In the meantime, the tailgate has been opened to dive in, but the cabins are still not allowed to be entered.