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Dunraven:  The wreck of the Dunraven was rediscovered in 1977 only.  The two-masted sailing boat, equipped with a steam engine,  was very modern for its time.  The Dunraven was – loaded with cotton, woods and spices - on the way from Bombay over Karachi to the English city Newcastle, when the ship rammed in the night of  the 22nd April 1876 Ras Mahumd and sank. 

GPS: N 27° 42,167', E 33° 07,465'  length: 85m  width: 10m  type: yardarm schooner (Rahschoner  launching: 1873 building place: Newcastle/GB  charge: cotton, woods, spices  sinking: 22.  April 1876 dive site: Sha'ab Mahmud/Egypt.  min. depth: 16m  max. depth: 28m  current: partly stronger currents  view: moderate, best while an early morning dive.  Worth seeing: The bow, propeller and the rudder, the remaining superstructures in the stern range, the masts and the chimney on the bottom of the sea, the nave, the inside of the trunk which is upside down, rib structures, boiler, remnants of the rudder construction,  anchor with chain and the quite well perserved machine. The front of the ship  and bow are bizarre and beautifully covered. Lots of fishes!!!. 

Ghiannis D: In 1983 the wood freighter had been smashed at Sha'ab Abu Nuhas at the reef due to a navigational error. The inside can be dived safely - ideal for wreck beginners.

GPS: N 27° 34,644', E 33° 55,391'  length: 99.5 m  width: 16.0 m  type: general cargo vessel  launching: 1969 building place: Imabari/Japan  charge: tropical woods, teak and mahagoni sinking: 19.04.1983

dive spot: Sha'ab Abu Nuhas southwest of Ras Mohammad.  min. depth: 5m max. depth: 27m  current: usually moderate  view: well  worth seeing:  The well perserved stern, engine room, bridge, bow section, the covered crane. 

Jolanda: The freighter was loaded with sanitary ceramic(s) and Whiskey on the way to Aqaba. Since the crew got stuck into the good "stuff" in the load area, the ship smashed far from its course with a vacant bridge to Ras Mohammad.

GPS: N 27° 43,330', E 34° 15,530' length: 75m  width: 12m type: general cargo vessel launching: 1964  building place: Gijon/Spain charge: sanitary article, pipes, BMW of the captain  sinking: 1./2.04.1980 dive spot: Ras Mohammad.  

Million Hope:  In 1996 the freighter ran with full speed onto the reef at Gamila. This nearly 175m long ship had a charge of potassium phosphate on board. The superstructures today still rise up out of the water.  The wreck of the Million Hope lies on the wreck of Hey Daroma which had been sunken there already decades before. Still unsettled are so far the circumstances which led to sinking of the Million Hope.  Whether the collision was intended, is not proven, it is, however, assumed.

 
GPS: N 28° 03,393', E 34° 26,949' length: 174.6m  width: 24.9m  type: general cargo vessel  launching:   1972  building place: Mihara/Japan  charge: potassium phosphate sinking: 20.06.1996

dive spot: Ras Gamila, Sinai, in the Straits of Tiran  min. depth:  5m  max. depth: 24m  current: moderately, but swell  view: 10-20 m. 

worth seeing: stern section with rudder and screw, hold, the bow and the damage on to starboard as well as the wreckage of the second wreck, the Hey Daroma.  

Ras Peter:  The tank dump of Ras Peter is situated in the bay of  Sharm el Moa not far from of Sharm el Sheikh.  The dive begins at the drop off in a depth of approx. 35-40m.  There small tanks are stacked. They lay wide and far,  headlong, wedged or on the side.

GPS: N 27° 51,076', E 34° 17,475'  dive spot: Sharm el Moa, southeast from Sharm el Sheikh.  min. depth: 5 m  max. depth: 40 m  current: weak to moderate

view: moderatel, particularly good light ratio in the morning  Worth seeing: the tanks

Soufa:  This speedboat was used a long time in the Mediterranean.  It was sunken by Israel as dive attraction in front of Eilats coast.

GPS: N 29° 32,680', E 34° 57,180'  length: 45m width: 7m   type: Rocket-equipped patrol speed boat  launching: 1969 building place: Cherbourg/France  charge: none sinking: March 1994

dive spot: Eilat, near to Coral Beach (approx. 80m from the shore). mn. depth: 16m  max. depth: 25m  current: minimally  view: 20-30m.  worth seeing: the entire ship, the former engine rooms, the bridge and the accessible areas under deck.  

Yatouche: Little is known about the origin of this boat. It seems to be certain that it was a combat vessel build by the Americans for the operations in Vietnam. The Yatouche sunk in 1987 in Eilat.

GPS: N 29° 30,235', E 34° 55,180'  length: 15m  width: 4m  type: patrol boat  launching:  unknown  building place:  the USA  sinking: 08/1987

dive spot: Eilat/Israel, near to Coral Beach.  min. depth: 28m max. depth: 32m current: little  view: 10-20m worth seeing: the entire wreck in its environment. 

Carnatic: Only in 1984 the Carnatic was rediscovered by coincidence by divers. Many connoisseurs of the Red Sea know it better as "the bottle wreck" or "the wine freighter". Hardly does another ship offer a more beautiful vegetation and gives, after more than 15 years, still so many artifacts away.

length: 90m  width: 13m  type: damp sail boat  launching: 1863  building place: England  sinking: 09/1869  dive spot: Sha'ab Abu Nuhas southwest of of Ras Mohammad  worth seeing: particularly beautiful vegetation..

Cedar Pride:  The freighter laid in the port of Aqaba, when on 04.08.1982 surprisingly a fire broke off on board. On suggestion of the Jordanian crown prince the completely burned out ship was sunken as dive attraction 10km south of Aqaba.

GPS: N 29° 31,300', E 34° 59,300'  length: 74m  width: 11m  type: general cargo vessel  launching: 1964  building place: Gijon/Spain  sinking: autumn 1985  min. depth: 9m  max. depth: 24m  current: little  view: relatively good  worth seeing: the foredeck, the burned out bridge, a small small boat in approximately 20m distance seawards of the wreck.

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