Koordinaty – 27-34-53 N, 33-55-55 E

minimum depth of -4 m

maximum depth of-27m

Average visibility – 30-35m

SHAB ABU NUHAS – coral reef, which can be achieved only with the surface and which is not visible from a distance and all. This reef is situated on the edge of the Strait Goba (Strait of Gobal). This north-western part of the Red Sea, where begins the Suez Channel. Even today, these waters are extremely dangerous – is easy to imagine what was here 100 years ago.

Death   of  THE CHRISOULA K.

In August 1981, Captain Kannelis (Kanellis) served in Italy on board a Greek cargo ship THE CHRISOULA K. The ship was fully loaded with Italian tiles for the floor. Port of discharge – the city on the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, near Mecca JEDDAH. With the first rays of the sun THE CHRISOULA K slipped into the waters of the Mediterranean in his last voyage. It was a long and tedious journey to Port Said and then 200 mile journey through the Suez Canal. Starting from the Suez Canal captain personally watched the navigation of the vessel.

It is not the first time we see the captain who decides to do everything themselves exclusively. And, as usual, at the time of entering the Suez Channel, he had two days did not close his eyes. Of course, with the same voltage, when the ship went into a broader and, like, a simple part of the strait, the ship was entrusted to the care of officers and the captain himself went to bed

He did not have long to sleep. Very soon he was rudely awakened – and career and at the same time the ship came to an end. At full speed THE CHRISOULA K riched the north-eastern famous reef Shab Abu Nuhas. It happened 31 of  August 1981

1st September 1981, Lloyd exhibited leaf loss. An official document, it was reported that a Greek ship in August 31 THE CHRISOULA K ran into a coral reef, which is not affected. Military picked 21-member crew and took them to Suez. Damage to the ship are so serious that neither save  the ship nor his cargo  possible.

It remained unknown, or a tired captain gave the wrong order or wrong wardroom, today THE CHRISOULA K lies on the same place and  it is one of the most interesting wrecks  of  Red Sea.

THE CHRISOULA K

The ship was built in Germany in Lübeck by Orenstein, Koppel &Luebekker and launched in 1954 under the name Dora Olendorf. In 1970, the new owners of his change the name to Anna B, and in 1979 the ship was purchased by Clarion Marine Company and named THE CHRISOULA K.

Its dimensions are 98 x14, 8m. The ship was set  of 9 cylinders diesel engine, created in Bavaria.

Today dive TO THE CHRISOULA amazingly interesting. Inside the ship can be accessed through the fault, located in the board near the sandy bottom. Then begins the maze of compartments between the well-preserved bundles of tiles. On top of the packs are visible signs Made in Italy. In the holds of a sufficiently large muddy. The ship was occupied soft Coral and sponges.