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Wrecked off Safaga
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Diving visitors to Safaga in Egypt have a new wreck to explore, after the passenger and car ferry Al Kahfain caught fire, was evacuated and sank off the port at the beginning of November.
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The ferry lies about 8 miles out, in 22m of water. It was once the Ulster Queen, which plied between England and Northern Ireland - hence the name on the bell pictured here with its retriever, Khaled Kenawy, who works as a dive guide on the Red Sea dive boat Snapdragon and was among the first to dive the Al Kahfain.
Meanwhile the Hebat Allah, a ship sunk off Hurghada a year ago as an artificial reef, has been declared open for diving. The wreck is intended to boost Hurghada's attraction to divers and take the pressure off other sites.
Access was delayed while marine life formed and professionals assessed the wreck’s suitability for different diving experience levels, and how dives should be run by guides. The Hebat Allah sank in 45m of water, rather than the 30m originally planned.
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