The Numidia Shipwreck - Big Brother Island, Red Sea. Full Penetration
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2017
- During our TEC week on the M/Y Blue Fin with the crew from Blue O Two, we got to dive the Numidia, and penetrate the wreck as we worked our way up from 45m.
The Numidia lies against the reef out on the north side of the western plateau of Big Brother Island. The remainder of her bow at approx 8m, and the stern at the depths of around 80m.
On only her second voyage, she struck the plateau in the early hours of 20th July 1901 with a general cargo of 7000 tonnes and a crew of 97.
After Captain Craig sighted the lighthouse on Big Brother Island, he set a course with the intention of passing to the west of Big Brother by approx 1 mile. The Captain then left the bridge leaving instructions with the Office of the Watch left in charge.
At 02:10am the Captain was rudely awoken by the sound of the ship running aground on the northern plateau of Big Brother Island! All efforts to save the ship were lost, and the Captain ordered leave of all crew while he supervised the salvage of all cargo over the next 7 weeks before she finally sank.
Music: Blue Monday by Flunk.
Great to see this thanks, I remember fondly diving the Numidia back in 91 similar dive penetrating down to about 50m where you come out into what I believe from memory was the engine house ? and then made are way back up the outside. Still after 30 years of diving still one of my best dives !
Stephen Boult couldn’t agree more! Such a great site, and the positioning of the wreck plays itself perfectly for some great TEC opportunities! Have you been to Truk? Now there are some out of this world wreck dives! We were lucky to visit end of last year!
I would love to do Truk on the rebreather, the only thing that puts me off is the time it takes to get there. Have you done Silfra in Iceland, now there's a unique environment. czcams.com/video/-eSdK1kHgPs/video.html . This was us doing Silfra in 2015 although I have to admit to going out every year since..
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Thank you!!