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Underwater Photo Location: Maria Schroeder wreck

Underwater Photo Location: Maria Schroeder wreck

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Maria Schroeder wreck (Ex Rolf Jarl)
Maria Schroeder wreck taken at Nabq Park. Ship was build in 1920, Trondheim, Norway, then named the Rolf Jarl. A steam ship that cruised at 11.5 knots. In August 1950 she was sold to Reederei Richard Schröder from Hamburg, Germany and renamed the Maria Schröder. She ran aground and sank in the Red Sea on 11 April 1956, on a voyage from Aqaba to West Germany. She hit the reef at Nabq Park, Sinai in the Gulf of Aqaba just north of Sharm el Sheikh. Some parts of the wreck are on top of the reef plate, while the rest is scattered over the sloping reef, down to 24 meters deep.

Facts about Maria Schroeder wreck
  • It is in Egypt
  • Maria Schroeder wreck is in the Red Sea.
  • The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
  • The typical visibility is 30+ Metres 100+ Feet.
Dive types
shorewreck

Marine Life
bigsmallturtlescoralstinging

Diving facilities
airnitroxinstructionguided

Photo facilities
macrowideangleinstruction

by Cinzia Bismarck
A steering wheel of Bedford truck@Thislegorm wreck - Sharm El Sheikh - Egypt
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