shipwreck, Salem Express, sunk on December 16th 1991, the ship struck one of the banks of coral that just break the surface south of Hyndman Reef (near Sha'b Shear) official count of people was 690, with only 180 survivors. There may have been as many as 1600 people who perished in the tragedy, but many different counts have been provided, Red Sea, Safaga, Egypt


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Back view of the Salem Express wreck off Safaga | Red Sea.

shipwreck, Salem Express, sunk on December 16th 1991, the ship struck one of the banks of coral that just break the surface south of Hyndman Reef (near Sha'b Shear) official count of people was 690, with only 180 survivors. There may have been as many as 1600 people who perished in the tragedy, but many different counts have been provided, Red Sea, Safaga, Egypt
Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Amar & Isabelle Guillen

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