Hamada (ship)

Hamada

Stern of the Hamada in 2012

Ship data flag  Malta other ship names Samarah Afroditi H Avocet Ship type Bulk carrier home port Valletta Owner Phemios Shipping Co. Shipyard John Lewis & Sons Ltd, Aberdeen Build number 347 Launch March 15, 1965 Whereabouts On June 29, 1993, she ran aground and sank off Abu Ghusun in the Red Sea

Ship dimensions and crew length 65.10 m ( Lüa ) width 11.07 m Draft Max. 4.05 m measurement 654 GRT

Machine system machine 1 × MN17 diesel engine built by British Polar Engine Ltd. Machine performance 1,096 kW (1,490 hp) Top speed 12.5 kn (23 km / h) propeller 1 × propeller

Transport capacities Load capacity 898 dw

Others Classifications American Bureau of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. 6510758

The Hamada was a bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Malta , which ran aground and sank on June 29, 1993 in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt . The ship is now a popular diving destination .

Details of the ship

The 65.1 meter long and just under 11.1 meters wide ship was on 15 March 1965, the hull number 347 at the shipyard John Lewis & Sons in Aberdeen on behalf of P & O to set keel and ran on 12 June 1965 as Avocet from Pile . It had an MN17 machine from British Polar Engine Ltd., Glasgow . Until 22 June 1976, the ship for various subsidiaries of P & O in action, was then on Stavros Elias Liakos Maritime based on Cyprus sold in Afroditi H renamed. In 1982 it was sold to Leghorn Shipping Co. (Cyprus) and renamed Samarah . In 1985 the ship went to Chaldean Shipping Co. (Cyprus) and was renamed Hamada . In 1986 it was finally sold to Phemios Shipping Co., based in Valletta , Malta.

Ship accident in June 1993

Parts of the Hamada cargo on Abu Ghusun Beach

The ship had an accident on June 29, 1993 in heavy seas off the Egyptian coast in the Wadi-al-Gamal National Park on the way from Jeddah to Suez with a cargo of plastic granules on board. The remains of this cargo can still be found on Abu Ghusun beach today.

Diving area

The Hamada lies broken in two parts directly on the reef in front of Abu Ghusun (Abu Gosoon) on the starboard side at a depth between 14 and 18 meters. The ship is moderately overgrown and accessible to divers . Some of the interiors are also accessible. Striking points of the wreck are the stern with propeller and rudder as well as the relatively intact bridge .

Web links

Commons : Hamada (ship, 1965)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Youtube Video: Wreck Hamada (Abu Ghusun) 2012
• Youtube Video: Diving the Hamada Wreck at Abu Ghusun, Egypt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Hamada at Shipwrecks of Egypt ( Memento from July 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Avocet at Aberdeen Built Ships

Coordinates: 24 ° 26 ′ 18 ″  N , 35 ° 12 ′ 43 ″  E