Salem Express wreck off Safaga | Red Sea.

Upper deck and cranes of the Salem Express, port side of the ship, divers exploring the side of the ship, wreck sunk off Safaga, sunk on December 16th 1991, the Salem was packed with passengers returning from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, bound for the port of Safaga, when she struck one of the banks of coral that just break the surface south of Hyndman Reef (near Sha'b Shear) off Safaga in the Egyptian Red Sea. The collision gauged out a hole in the forward part of the hull, causing the stern door to burst open. The 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, off Safaga coast, Egypt,

Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Amar & Isabelle Guillen

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