In the depths of the Red Sea lies the loss and wonderfully covered dunraven of marine life. dive A sunk ship can be a wonderful experience but Summer around such an old ship is even more interesting. Let's look at the story that revolves around this mythical fuck.
beyond reality
Explore your outside is easy and safe; Adventure inside is reserved for experienced divers. For its inverted position inside there is a total absence of light and easy outings abroad.
It was not until 1978 when several pieces of porcelain recovered from the ship by Israeli divers gave the definitive track about the true origin of this mysterious pein.
its origins
It was built in the English shipyards of Newcastle by the firm Mitchell & Company. It belonged to that type of ship, the "Steamer", so fashionable at the time, that allowed navigating to sail or steam . With more than considerable proportions for that time, 80 meters of length and 10 manga, could move up to 1,613 tons of load. Bought by the shipping company W. Milburn de London was used, only and exclusively, to make the route to Bombay.
For what would be its last trip , the ship had to carry a load of wood and steel for the incipient metal industry that the English had decided to implement in India and return from New to Liverpool loaded with cotton, wool and other fabrics. The first trip occurred without incident and on April 6, 1876 the ship left Bombay to return home with a crew of 25 men.
chained errors
At one o'clock in the morning of April 25 The second one on board sees the mainland on the horizon and deduces that it is the island of Shadwan, fifteen minutes later Avist He doubts such assertions, despite the fact that the helmsman did not see the light and that the aforementioned lighthouse is very far from that point, in the Strait of Gobal.
When the captain goes up to deck, at 3:40 in the morning, they were rights to land , which was already sighted at only six or seven miles to starboard, immediately altered the course two more points to star, with what were even closer to earth. Ten minutes later the watchman warns to the command bridge that there is an object in the water and that it is probably a buoy. He does not get an answer, when the second on board and the counterma they see the same object think it is a ship and give the immediate order to stop the machines.
Too late, the ... "object" (actually the rocks of the Arrecife of Beacon Rock) are thrown on them, colliding with him without remedy.
Achique bombs went to work immediately but the wound was death. At seven in the morning the water reaches the engines, at twelve the star cover is submerge and the crew leaves the ship , four hours later they were collected by a Arab sailboat and transferred to the Sinai Peninsula.
In the investigations that were opened later, he found himself guilty of what happened to both the captain and the counterma that "did not demonstrate any effort to corroborate the position in which the Dunraven was from noon on April 24 and until the clash occurred to the 3:50 in the morning of 25, thus committing fatal negligence. "
immersion in the wreck
The immersion exterior in the Dunraven is suitable for any diver, however, to penetrate its Interior It is essential to have experience in this Diving type , maximum taking into account that the pec Find in inverted position , with the keel looking towards the surface.
Their remains are deposited on a sand background with some small disseminated rocks, all of them, like their remains, coral coral . The deepest part and the furthest from the reef is the stern, which is found 28 meters depth. The bow is 22 meters away at the base of the reef. The helmet is in very good condition along its 80 meters and rests on the bottom with the keel towards the surface at a depth of 17 meters. It is completely colonized by solid corals and soft . The propeller and the helm are one of the most interesting exterior points. It is a spectacle to contemplate the exuberance of the color of the Alcionarios that populate this area of the wreck. An exterior tour along the helmet, where the visibility is usually excellent (20 meters or more), allows to observe on the open sea side the two great masts with their coffs and jarcies, in addition to the Ship fireplace posed on the bottom.
The visit to its interior is reserved for divers with a higher level in this type of dives. We can access the helmet towards the middle of the wreck, where it is fractional, in the area of the machine room. It is essential to have a couple of light sources to enter the remains. In this area we will observe the huge coal boiler that propelled the ship. We must be greatly careful with the flotability and the flutter
Along the inner route towards the stern, we will observe remains of the wooden stairs that led to deck. Upon arriving at the wineries, we will still find remains of load as large bundles of cotton and other fabrics, such as wool. We will not have the opportunity to contemplate many objects, since most have been looted by the first Israeli divers who explored the remains in 1977.
As for the surrounding fauna, there are numerous reef fish , the Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus), mere and Sometimes we will have the opportunity to observe pelagic species as tunas and carángos in their hunting territories, in search of large banks of small crystal fish (parapriacanthus guentheri) that They get refuge among the remains of the wreck.
We must not stop exploring the funds around the wreck, especially to the open sea side, where white tibs sharks are often resting (Triaenodon Obesus), especially at the beginning of the day.
