A new wreck has been sunk in the Red Sea in technical diving depths.

The Al Shorouk lies off the Eel Canyon dive site, to the west of Kirk’s Forest in Aqaba, Jordan.

The ship is lying on her starboard side across two reefs in 40-60m, however depths of 70m can be achieved under the wreck.

She was scuttled by the Aqaba Marine Park on 18 June 2008. As she started to sink she started to drift and could have easily ended up in over 100m of water.

Organisers managed to push the Al Shorouk back to a shallower depth just before she slipped beneath the waves creating a new exciting site for technical divers visiting Aqaba in addition to the other technical diving wreck the Taiyong.

For more pictures of the wreck, visit: www.diveaqaba.com
Pictures courtesy of Rod Abbotson

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