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Description: One of the worst tragedies in the Red Sea, Salem Express, a 100 meter roll-on roll-off ferry, sank just after midnight on December 17, 1991 in 30 meters of water after striking Hyndman Reef on her way from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Safaga, Egypt.nnHer bow doors were forced up and open, and electrical outage locked many passengers inside, due to her electric doors.She sank in under 15 minutes...so quickly, there was no time to deploy the lifeboats, which lay on the seafloor.nnWhile her official