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Yellow Edged Moray

            Photographed on the dive site Gordon, in the straits of Tiran, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. 

The straits of Tiran are famous for their four coral reefs lined up in a row which are visible on the surface. These reefs, are named after the four British cartographers (Gordon, Woodhouse, Thomas, Jackson), that first mapped them, they are world famous for their extraordinary diversity of corals, and as Mr Alun would say are absolutely stunning!
The dive site Gordon has loads of barrels of crude oil strewn on the sandy bottom that fell from the wreck of the Loullia which still lies on the top of the reef.

Loullia:
The Loullia was a 2,479 GRT motor bulk carrier which began life as the Antonina built at Öresundvarvet A/B (Yard No. 121), Landskrona, Sweden for Rederi A/B Poseidon, Stockholm, Sweden. She was launched on 06 May 1952 and completed on 17 July with a length of 107.5 meters, beam of 14.3 meters, and draught of 8.49 meters, with diesel engines and a single screw for a top speed of 14.5 knots.

In 1965 the ship was sold and renamed Zschopau and was possibly owned by an East German company. The ship was sold again in 1978 to the Blue Mediterranean Shipping Company (managed by Amin Kawar & Sons Co. W.L.L., Amman, Jordan).

On 29 September 1981, while sailing in ballast from Aqaba, Jordan to Suez, the Loullia ran aground on the northern edge of Gordon Reef in the Straits of Tiran at position 27.59.30N/34.27.12E. The crew remained onboard and unsuccessfully attempted to refloat the ship. The ship was abandoned on 02 October and declared a total constructive loss.

It is rumoured that for many years afterwards, that the wreck was used as a base for drug dealers operating out of the Straits of Tiran.

Taken in: مصر / جنوب سيناء (show map)

Taken on: October 2, 2012

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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F100fd, f/3.3, 1/280 sec, 6.4mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix F100fd
Aperture:	f/3.3
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/280)
Focal Length:	6.4mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Fired
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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