Dive #235

Turbo tanker wreck (stern part)

Red Sea, Egypt · 22-05-2009 · 14:10 - 14:59

Depth

24 m

Avg depth

16,44 m

Duration

0h 49m

Temp

26°C

Visibility

0

SAC

14,55 l/min

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Comments

2009-05-22 Perjantai
Turbo tanker wreck (stern part)
1. sukelluspäivä, 2. sukellus

Toinen sukellus tankkilaivan hylyllä Ras Banas niemen rannalla. Tankkilaivan hylky oli 2 maailmansodassa uponnut puolikas, josta toinen puolikas oli kateissa tuntemattomassa paikkassa. Hylky oli kyllä aika mielenkiintoinen ja näkyvyys näin lähellä rantaa kohtuullisen hyvä, Suomen hylkykohteisiin verrattuna tietysti huippuluokkaa.
Sonia briiffasi hylyn nimen väärin ja väitti aikoinaan että se oli "Atlas". Todellisuudess kyse on "SS Turbo"
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From handwritten and scanned notes:
Briefing 13:30.
Elite anchored next to wreck, wind from wast.
Team: me, Kari, Hannu, Tero. Guide: Sonia.
From back of boat we got to line/rope going down to wreck, which is a tanker broken in half the stern part. Other half is missing and not found.
Cruised around the wreck in various depths. 3 mm shorty with hood felt ok.
Used Olympus camera, which was much harder to use. Also had HID light and tried that with camera to get some red color.

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Turbo wreck:
https://www.redseawreckproject.com/red-sea-wreck-blog/featured-red-sea-wreck-the-ss-turbo/
https://marsaalam.com/marsa-alam-shipwrecks/
A British merchant ship designed to carry fuel and machinery. Built in 1912 for the Anglo Saxon Petroleum Company, she displaced 4,900 tons and was 374 feet long.
The ship broke in two on 4 April 1943 and the bow and stern sections sank separately the following day.

Tanks

Main tank

Volume
15,0 l
Press. Start
199 bar
Press. End
83 bar
O2%
21,0%

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