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RED SEA SNORKELLING TRIP

28/5/2013

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Whilst on holiday in Egypt earlier this year we booked a snorkelling trip. 

We joined our dive/snorkelling boat in the tourist port of Sharm which at the time (April 2013) was under military control.

In the port there were at least fifty vessels all waiting to take a steady stream of tourists arriving by coach out to the various reefs in the National Park.

We took the pictures below in between three snorkelling stops on different reefs during a full day out on the water.
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Moored in the harbour and seen from the stern is Egyptian Navy Vydra Class Landing Utility Craft Pennant 340. 

These vessels which as far as I can determine are unnamed have a displacement of 600 tons fully loaded and measure 54.9m long, 7.6m wide with a draught of 2.0m. Powered by two diesel engines generating 600 bhp with twin screws they can make 11 knots. 

They can carry 200 tonnes of equipment / troops.

Armament consists of 2 dual 37mm or 40mm guns.

The vessels are soviet built and were transferred to the Egyptian Navy between 1967-1969.
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Egyptian Coastguard vessel P407 with a sister ship which were moored not far from the military vessel noted above.
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Nearing our first stop.
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A selection of boats used for snorkelling and diving. Our boat was very similar to the largest of these and consisted of an upper deck for relaxing and sunbathing and a lower deck where the food and drink was served. Access into the water was via a pair of drop down ladders at the stern.
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Bedouin camp on the beach.
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Beached boats against the arid backdrop of the mountains of the Southern Sinai. 
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Egyptian flag on the stern of our boat
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2 Comments
sea camp link
4/6/2013 09:26:10 am

I see you organize a summer camp that is a very good thing to spend time in the summer

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Heather Walt link
2/10/2013 02:50:55 pm

Great blog post.

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    My interest in ships and the sea started back in 2006 when I worked for a couple of years  on the banks of the River Mersey. I have since been on a couple of cruises around the Med and in the Far East and have started to take more interest in researching and photographing some of the ships and other vessels seen on my travels.

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