SS Egypt was a P&O ocean liner. She sank after a collision with Seine on 20 May 1922 in the Celtic Sea. 252 people were rescued from the 338 passengers and crew aboard at the time. A subsequent salvage operation recovered most of the cargo of gold and silver.

2024年11月26日 · Five people have been rescued and four bodies recovered today after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea on Monday. The Egyptian Armed Forces are still searching for the seven people missing,...

2024年11月26日 · Rescuers found five survivors and four bodies on Tuesday from the wreck of a boat carrying tourists that sank amid high waves off the Red Sea coast of Egypt a day earlier, according to the...

2024年11月25日 · At least 16 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas, Egyptian officials said Monday. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said...

2024年11月26日 · CAIRO -- Three additional people -- two Belgian nationals and an Egyptian -- were rescued after a tourist boat sank Monday off the Egyptian coast, bringing the total number of survivors to 31, Amr Hanafy, the regional governor, said on Tuesday. Four bodies, whose identities were not publicly released, were also recovered from the sea, he added.

At least 17 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea following warnings about rough seas, Egyptian officials said Monday. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people from the vessel south of the coastal town of Marsa Alam, and some were airlifted to receive medical treatment.

2024年11月25日 · Egypt says 16 people missing as tourist boat sinks off Red Sea coast. At least 28 rescued after the boat, called Sea Story and carrying 44 people, sinks near the coastal town of Marsa Alam.

2023年9月15日 · Despite their tragic histories, today, the shipwrecks of the Red Sea evoke a sense of adventure and awe among the hundreds of divers who visit them annually. These are the six best preserved of these wrecks. The SS Thistlegorm’s wreck at the Red Sea. Photo credit: Wikimedia Creative Commons.

Some of the best and most accessible historical shipwrecks can be seen when scuba diving in the Egyptian Red Sea

The ship was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1956 and is arguably the most sought after scuba diving wreck in the world. It is thought that the Sinai Peninsula's Thistlegorm is the most frequently dived site in the world. Indeed, so many divers penetrate the shipwreck daily that many of the holds have air pockets trapped against their ceilings.