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Rosalie Möller wreck

Deep Second World War wreck
Depth: 17–50 mLevel: Advanced / technical
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A 108 m collier launched in Glasgow in 1910 as the Francis. In October 1941 she lay at anchor in the Strait of Gubal, just as the Thistlegorm did, waiting for the entrance to the Suez Canal to clear. Two nights after that ship went down, in the early hours of 8 October 1941, a formation of Heinkel He 111s found her and two bombs burst in hold 4. She sank with the loss of two lives. Today she rests upright and almost intact on a bottom of sand and mud: the masthead reaches to about 17 m, the stern to 35, the bow to 39 and the seabed to 50.

Depth

17–50 m

Recommended level

Advanced / technical

Current

Rarely strong

Did you know?

It is the Thistlegorm's sister wreck in history but not in fame: having been discovered much later and lying beyond recreational range, it is dived far less and is better preserved. The portholes with their glass, the galley pots and pans and a copper steam whistle are still in place. Only the shallowest part falls within ordinary recreational limits.

Sources consulted: DIVE Magazine · redsea-diving.com · fordivers.com · Blue Planet Liveaboards

Rosalie Möller wreck: 46 documented species

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Same country: Egypt

Egypt · Strait of Gubal, Gubal Island
Giant ClamCritically Endangered

Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas

Giant AnemoneNot Evaluated

Giant Anemone

Stichodactyla gigantea

Disc AnemoneNot Evaluated

Disc Anemone

Discosoma nummiforme

Ritteri AnemoneNot Evaluated

Ritteri Anemone

Heteractis magnifica

Spotted Garden EelLeast Concern

Spotted Garden Eel

Heteroconger hassi

Harlequin Snake EelLeast Concern

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Myrichthys colubrinus

Warty SlugNot Evaluated

Warty Slug

Onchidium verruculatum

Scarlet Cleaner ShrimpNot Evaluated

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Lysmata amboinensis

Peacock Mantis ShrimpNot Evaluated

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Odontodactylus scyllarus

Geography ConeLeast Concern

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Conus geographus

Tiger CowrieNot Evaluated

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Cypraea tigris

Hump CoralNear Threatened

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Porites lobata

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