Salem Express
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fred
Scamaroni was built in Le
Seyne in France, and was launched in
November 1964. She operated both in France and England,
before she ended up in Egyptian ownership and was renamed
to Salem Express. Her beauty soon disappeared as both
mechanical maintenance and caring for the ship in general
was totally neglected. On her last voyage she had been
delayed two days due to engine trouble in Jeddah. After
she was able to set sail towards Safaga, the weather
rapidly deteriorated and she hit ground at the Hyndman
Reefs outside Egypt late at night 17.December 1991. She
sank within a few minutes and in the official Lloyds
report its stated that 464 people lost their lives. The
wreck rest today on a depth of approximately 12 to 30
meter southeast on Hyndman Reef.
|
|||||||||||||||
| N 26.39.01 E 34.03.48  Picture: Nuits Saint George Originally from skovheim.org Last updated: January 2021 |
|||||||||||||||