@maxime_underwater took this amazing picture of the cedar pride during the 1st International Underwater Photography Competition in Aqab, Jordan, with dive light xtar D26 1600S.
"It’s a Spanish cargo vessel that was built in 1964. The ship was renamed a couple of times before it was purchased by the Lebanese shipping company “Cedar Pride”. The last given name was “San Bruno”. In July 1982 Cedar Pride was anchoring in the port of Aqaba, when an accident took place and a fire blast ripped a hole in the vessel. Cedar Pride became a destructed loss and stayed half sunk, half a float in the port. Later King Abdullah, a keen diver himself, took interest in the vessel and decided to scuttle it and transform it into the famous dive site it is today. Cedar Pride was cleaned from oil and anything that could be destructive to any marine life and was ultimately scuttled on the 16 of November 1985."
Have you ever dived in wrecks, caves or mines? Welcome to share your thrilling stories.
"It’s a Spanish cargo vessel that was built in 1964. The ship was renamed a couple of times before it was purchased by the Lebanese shipping company “Cedar Pride”. The last given name was “San Bruno”. In July 1982 Cedar Pride was anchoring in the port of Aqaba, when an accident took place and a fire blast ripped a hole in the vessel. Cedar Pride became a destructed loss and stayed half sunk, half a float in the port. Later King Abdullah, a keen diver himself, took interest in the vessel and decided to scuttle it and transform it into the famous dive site it is today. Cedar Pride was cleaned from oil and anything that could be destructive to any marine life and was ultimately scuttled on the 16 of November 1985."
Have you ever dived in wrecks, caves or mines? Welcome to share your thrilling stories.
