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Turbo

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wreck Diving Sites - T, Red Sea Wrecks - T

The S.S. Turbo was a 4,782 GRT steam cargo ship built at J.D. Laing Shipbuilding (Deptbord Yard No. 635), Sunderland, UK, for the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., London. She was launched 11 July 1912, and completed the following month, with a length of 117 meters, beam of 15.5 meters, triple-expansion engine provided by Dickinson’s and single shaft for a speed of 10 knots. Outfitting of the ship was provided by R.C. Craggs of Hartlepool, UK. Although listed as a cargo ship, which she was, the construction of the ship was actually for transport of bulk liquids (water, fuels, oils, etc.). The S.S. Turbo served…

Tugboat of Sharm El Sheikh

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wreck Diving Sites - T, Red Sea Wrecks - T

Diving Information This is the intact shipwreck of a small 30-meter Egyptian tugboat with fire-fighting equipment onboard located in 18 meters of water at the harbor area of Sharm EL Moiya. References: http://www.touregypt.net/VDC/miscegyptwrecks.htm

Timalexandria

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wrecks - T

This vessel is still being researched as we have yet to find any information concerning her sinking, or if she actually sank at all! The Timalexandria may have been built as the Wimbrown One which was an 713 GRT offshore supply vessel built for service in the North Sea. She was one of three sister ships built at William Cleland & Co Ltd, shipbuilders, Wallsend, UK. The sister ships were named Wimbrown Two and Wimbrown Three. All three vessels had Paxman 12YHXM Diesels rated at 900 bhp at 1,500 rpm for both main propulsion and for the auxiliary generator sets. The Wimbrown One was launched on 03 May 1965…

Tienstin (Tien Hsing)

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wreck Diving Sites - T, Red Sea Wrecks - T

The “Tienstin”, as it is commonly called, is the phonetic pronunciation of the ship’s actual Chinese name of Tien Hsing. Built at Ta Chung Hua Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China in 1935, she was a steam powered tugboat of approximately 300 tons and 35 meters in length. What little information that is available concerning the Tien Hsing indicates that she was on passage from Suez to Massawa, Eritrea, when she ran aground and sank at Abu Galawa Kibeer on 26 October 1943. Diving Information The Tien Hsing lies in 18 meters of water at the base of the reef’s southern face…

SS Thistlegorm

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wreck Diving Sites - T, Red Sea Wrecks - T

This is possibly the most famous shipwreck in the world and certainly the most dived. Much has been written about the Thistlegorm and a search for a video on “You Tube” alone will bring you over 24,300 results. Within any twenty four hours over 300 divers will visit the Thistlegorm and at some periods it can be over a thousand. The SS Thistlegorm was a general cargo Merchant Navy ship built in 1940 by Joseph Thompson & Son in Sunderland, England. She was sunk on 6 October 1941 and was classed as “Armed”, however although she was armed as such,…

Tamim 1

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wrecks - T

The Tamim 1 was a small cargo ship of 687 GRT built at N.V. Scheepswerf v/h De Groot & v. Vliet (Yard No. 246), Slikkerveer, Netherlands, for H.Ebeling, Hamburg, Germany. Launched in September 1944 as the Harriet E, she was transferred to, and completed by Beckmann Werft, Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany in February 1945 and renamed the EMS. Ownership of the ship also was transferred to the German Navy in the same year. The ship was originally designed to be built as 56.6 meters in length. However, while at Beckmann Werft, the ship was lengthened to 62.8 meters. The ship was then re-launched in 1953…

Tamara II

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wrecks - T

Not much information available on this vessel. The Tamara II was originally built as the 8.562 GRT Refrigerated Cargo Ship Anjan at Uddevallavarvet AB (Yard No. 251), Uddevalla, Sweden. The ship was launched on 25 May 1960 and completed the following November with a length of 142.4 meters and beam of 18.6 meters. Propulsion was provided by diesel engines with a single shaft for a speed of 14.5 knots. The ship was sold many times throughout her lifetime and had numerous name changes as follows: 1963: Renamed Tigris 1967: Renamed Tamara 1970: Name reverted to Tigris 1971: Renamed Lilika 1978: Renamed Sitia Hope 1979: Renamed Link Faith 1981: Renamed European Faith…

Turkia

By Lee on August 21, 2013 Red Sea Wreck Diving Sites - T, Red Sea Wrecks - T

The S.S. Turkia began life as the 1,671 GRT. cargo ship Livorno built at Earles Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Yard No. 562), Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, for Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull (it should be noted here that the Wilson Line was also the owner of Earles Shipbuilding). The ship was launched on 01 December 1909 and completed the following month in January 1910 with a length of 91.5 meters, beam of 13 meters, and draught of 5.3 meters. Propulsion was provided by steam boilers and a triple-expansion engine provided by Amos and Smith Ltd., Hull, England, coupled to…

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