E lilo nā moku mokuahi a me nā wahi mokulele i nā wahi luʻu huakaʻi i ʻAigupita

Ua hoʻomaka ia i ka makahiki 2002, i ka wā o kahi papa luʻu haku me kahi haumāna haumāna, ʻo Kauka Ashraf Sabri, ke kauka hyperbaric mua loa ma Sinai, a ʻo ka mea ʻona ʻona o ka Alexandria Dive Center (ADC), i loaʻa i kahi aka hina hina i ka lalo o ke Kai Waihona momona a momona.

ʻImi e wehe aʻe i ka mea pohihihi, ua hoʻokokoke aku ʻo ia i ka "monster non lifeless" e noho ana ma ka kai kai pōhaku. "Aia ia e moe ana ma kona ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ʻokiʻoki i ʻelua, ke kali nei no mākou e loaʻa iā ia ma hope o kēia mau makahiki," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kona hele ʻana i kahi hohonu o 30 mika ma ka wahi ʻo Mexico, 20 mau minuke mai ke awa hikina. o Alexandria a me ADC.

Ua kuhi ʻo Sabri i kahi torpedo i kumu e piholo ai e kū i ka moku. "Ua hiki iaʻu ke lohe i ke kuʻi o koʻu puʻuwai i ka wā a mākou e hoʻokokoke ana i ka moku. ʻO kaʻu haumāna a ua ʻike wau he mea ʻike nui ia, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i ke kūpā ʻana i kāna pohō mua loa. I ko lākou piʻi ʻana i uka, ua nīnau mau ʻo ia iā ia iho no ke aha i ʻike ʻole ʻole ai kekahi i kēia ʻōpala ma mua a pehea ka nui o nā wāwahi i loaʻa iā Alex. Pehea i pau ai i laila? No ke aha i iho ai i loko o Alexandria?

Ua hālāwai ʻo Sabri i ka wāwahi o kahi waʻa Kelemania i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he minesweeper i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua. ʻO ka hapanui paha, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he torpedo Pelekane, nāna i hoʻokaʻawale iā ia i ʻelua mau ʻāpana nui, akā ua waiho i kahi ʻāpana o kahi ʻāpana pono i ka waena, e hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā ia. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ma hope a ma hope paha he 24.5 mau mika; ka waena, ʻehā mika a me ke alo a i ʻole ke kakaka he 15.3 mau mika. ʻO kahi mamao ma kahi o ʻekolu a ʻelima mau mika e hoʻokaʻawale i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana, me ke kakaka e kuhikuhi ana i 300 hema hikina i ke ala o ke kahakai. Hōʻike kēia ua pā ʻia ʻoiai e hoʻāʻo ana e hōʻea i ke awa ma Alexandria. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka ʻāpana kakaka i kona ʻaoʻao ʻākau, a kanu ʻia ka hapa nui o kona ʻili i ke one. Aia paha he pūkuniahi nui e waiho ana ma laila, kahi e hiki ai ke mālamalama ma o ke kuʻi one a i ʻole kahi ʻano hoʻomaʻemaʻe e hōʻike pū ai i ka inoa o ka moku. ʻO ke kaʻina hana e hoʻopaʻa ai i ka ʻōpala i hala he mau pule.

No Sabri a me kāna hui ma ka ADC, ʻo ia wale nō ka hoʻomaka o kahi nui o nā wrecks hou aʻe e ʻike. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ma ke ʻano he mea nona ke kikowaena luʻu wale i ke kiaʻāina, ua ʻike wau i ka likelika o ka loaʻa hou ʻana o nā wrecks i kau ʻia ma luna oʻu a me ka ADC. Ua hoʻokō kēia ʻike i kaʻu moeʻuhane. He manawa kupaianaha ia. ”

Ma hope o kāna luʻu kūpale mua, ua lawe hou ʻo ia i ka wai i mau manawa hou, ʻaʻole wale no ka lawe ʻana i nā pūʻulu luʻu a hāʻawi i nā papa, akā no ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano ʻimi ʻimi ʻē aʻe. Malia paha ua hūnā ʻo Alexandria ma mua o ka mea āna i ʻike ai ma mua.

Ua kūpono ʻo Sabri e pili ana i kona ʻōpū. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ma mua o ka wā ma mua, kahi mokulele Pelekane Honua II o ke Kaua Honua Honua, i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka amphorae aliʻi i hoʻohana ʻia no ka meaʻai a me ka inu, kekahi mau papa pōhaku pākahi a me nā kolamu o ka hale aliʻi kahiko. ʻIke ʻia me he mea lā ua pio ka wā o ka mōʻaukala i hoʻokahi a me kahi like.

“He mea pohihihi kēia. Makemake au i nā pane i nā nīnau like ʻole:
No ke aha i hāʻule ai ka mokulele ma waena o ke awa? He aha ke kumu o ka
hāʻule? No ke aha i paʻa mau ai ka mokulele, kokoke i ke ʻano kūpono, mālama maikaʻi ʻia koe wale no kahi aniani haʻihaʻi. ʻOiai ʻo ka mask mask o ka pailaka e waiho ana ma laila, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Hoʻoweliweli ka hiʻohiʻona o lalo iā ia. Pono ʻo ia i nā wehewehe a hiki i kekahi lā, ma ke kīʻaha kī me kahi hoanoho kahiko, ua loaʻa iā ia nā pane.

“I koʻu kipa ʻana i ke keʻena o kēia luahine ma luna o koʻu keʻena ma kekahi hale ma ʻō aku o ka ADC, ua hauʻoli loa wau e haʻi aku i kā mākou ʻike hou ʻana i ka pōʻino o ka mokulele. ʻO ka pīhoihoi i kāna haʻi ʻana mai iaʻu e pili ana i kahi hanana āna i hoʻomanaʻo nui ai e pili ana i kēia mokulele, "wahi a Sabri.

Ua nānā ʻo ia i kēlā kakahiaka nui i ka makahiki 1942, i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, (i ka wā ʻōpio e noho ana me kona mau mākua i kahi hale e nānā pono ʻole i ke awa hikina), ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi mea ʻē. E holo pono mai ana kekahi mokulele kaua Beritania iā lākou. E lele maʻamau kēia mokulele ma luna o Alexandria. ʻO kēlā kekona, kokoke e hina i ka hale noho.

Ua hoʻōho ʻo ia, e kāhea ana i ka manaʻo o kona makuahine. "E nānā, ke hele pololei mai nei ka mokulele iā mākou," i uē ai ʻo ia. Eia naʻe, i ka manawa hope loa, ua hiki i ka mea hoʻokele ke pale aku i nā hale a hoʻoneʻe i kāna mokulele i ke awa. Piʻi ihola ia i loko o ke kai, me ka nui o ka uahi ma hope. I ka wā i haʻalele ai i ke kūlanakauhale a ma mua o ka hoʻopā ʻana i ka wai, ua wehe ke pilote a me kāna mau ʻauwaʻa i ka puka pakele, a hoʻokomo i kā lākou mau parachute. Ua hoʻopunipuni lākou i ka make i ka pōʻino e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, i kēlā manawa, ʻo ka poʻe e komo pū ana me ka pūʻali koa, he mau koa a he keonimana hanohano a me ka mahalo i ke ola kīwila. Ua pilikia lākou i ko lākou ola no ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe hewa ʻole. ʻAʻole lākou e lele i waho o ka mokulele me nā parachutes, a ʻae iā ia e haehae i nā hale a pepehi i nā makaʻāinana.

Ua hōʻoia ʻo Sabri ua loaʻa iā ia kahi mokulele Pelekania, e waiho ana ma luna o ka hale i lalo o ka wai o Mark Anthony, akā makemake nui ʻo ia i ka ʻike a me nā kuhi e pili ana i ka hana a me ka squadron. Ma hope mai, ua ʻike ʻia kahi mau kāne a me kāna mau wahine ma ka puka o mua. Ua ʻōlelo ke kāne, "Minamina, ʻaʻole wau e luʻu, a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i ke ʻino, akā manaʻo wau ʻo koʻu makuakāne ka pailaka o kēia mokulele. ʻO ia kekahi o nā pailaka i hāʻule i kāna mokulele kaua i ke awa o Alexandria i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II.

"ʻO kaʻu hana he manaʻo hoʻomaloka ʻole, pūʻiwa a pūʻiwa hoʻi. ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ka laki ma mua. Eia wau, e hui alo ana he alo i ke alo e wehe i ka mea pohihihi o kēia mokulele. Ua hōʻike ʻo Cliff Colis i ka moʻolelo o kona makuakāne, ʻo Frederick Collis.

Me kahi leka i hoʻouna ʻia ma hope iā Sabri, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cliff, "ʻO ka lele ʻana o koʻu makuakāne ʻo Lieutenant Fredrick Thomas Collis he Air Observer ia a laila lilo ʻo Navigator. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me ka Royal Australian Air Force (ʻoiai ʻo ia he Australia, ma ka hānau ʻana) a ua kōkua ʻia ʻo ia i ka RAF Pelekane. "

ʻO ka mokulele ʻo Fred, ʻo ka Beaufort o ka Royal Air Force kahi wāwahi kahiko e waiho ana ma ka kai, me kāna kakaka i ke ala komo o ke awa nui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka ʻōpio ʻo Collis, "Hoʻomaopopo wau i kahi hanana i kona wā e noho ana i ʻAigupita - i ka manawa o lākou (ʻo ia a me kāna poʻe limahana) he mau minuke mai ka lele ʻana i kahi hōkele ma ka Cornish (ka hōkele Cecil ma Alexandria). Ua lilo ke kiʻekiʻe o kāna mokulele ma muli o nā pilikia loea. Ma kahi lauoho, ua kīkī ʻo ia i nā hale o ke kahakai ma luna pono o ka Cornish. I ka weliweli, ua pani nā maka o nā luina (me ka pailaka). I kekahi mau manawa ma hope aku ua ʻike lākou e ola ana lākou, ua kaʻa ka mokulele i ka ʻaoʻao, e ʻoki ana i ka hopena o ka hōkele, e hoʻopakele ana i nā poʻe kipa o ka Cecil a me lākou iho.

Ua manaʻo ʻia e lele ʻo Fred i Malta i kēlā lā, no ka hana huna konohiki; akā naʻe, ua noi aku kekahi hoa hana e kālepa i nā mikiona me ia. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Fred i kāna neʻe ma kahi i make ai a pau i Malta. Ua hoʻopakele ʻia ʻo Lt. Collis e ka kuapo, akā ua huhū ʻo ia no ka lilo ʻana o kāna pahu i ka hāʻule ʻana.

Ua lilo nā mea hōʻino i makemake nui iā Sabri; nā mea i loaʻa, kāna misiona. Ua ʻimi mau ʻo ia i mea hou aʻe e hana ana i inoa nona iho a me ke kikowaena luʻu nāna i hoʻohua ka hapanui o ka WWII i loaʻa i nā mea i ʻike ʻia ma lalo o ka wai o ʻAigupita.

Ua loaʻa ʻo ia iā SS Aragon, kahi moku haukapila WWII i alakaʻi ʻia e HMS Attack ma kahi o ʻewalu mile ma ka ʻākau o ke Komohana Komohana. Ua kū pono ia i kāna hopena ma ke kahawai i koho ʻia no nā komo moku. I ka wā i loaʻa ai i ka hui luʻu ka moku moku, ua poholo pū nā pūnaewele wrecks (SS Aragon a me ka HMS Attack).

Wahi a ka hōʻike a Sabri, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka SS Aragon ma Pepeluali 23, 1905, e ka hui liner mua māhoe ʻelua nona e Countess Fitzwilliam. Ua haʻalele iā ʻEnelani no Marseille ma Palani, a laila ʻo Malta e hele ana i Alexandria, me nā koa he 2700 ma luna o ka moku. I ke komo ʻana i ke awa ma Kēkēmapa 30, 1917, ua kuʻi ʻia e ka moku kaiāulu Kelemānia UC34. Ua piholo koke ia, me ka lawe pū ʻana me 610 mau luina.

ʻO ka HMS Attack, kahi mea luku, i hoʻopakele iā ia akā ua torpedo pū kekahi. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka pōʻino i loko o kahi leka i kau inoa ʻole ʻia ma ka lā 5 Malaki 1918 - i hoʻouna ʻia e kekahi luna ʻike ʻole o ka SS Aragon iā John William Hannay i mea e hoʻāʻo ai i kāna manaʻo e hoʻomaha e pili ana i kāna kaikamahine, ʻo Agnes McCall Nee Hannay. ʻO Miss Hannay kahi VAD ma luna o ka moku i ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua. Ua ola ʻo ia.

A hiki i kēia manawa, ke kime luʻu alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. Sabri, ke hoʻomau nei i ka wehe ʻana i nā mea pohihihi o ke kai a me nā wahi huna i hūnā ʻia ma Alexandria, e like me nā mokulele kaua Kelemania i piholo ʻia e nā pūʻali hui a malia paha, nā waiwai waiwai nui a Cleopatra lāua ʻo Anthony.

ʻO ke keiki a Kāpena Medhat Sabri i hala, he luna koa kai koʻAigupita nāna i alakaʻi i nāʻauwaʻa nui o nā moku moku moku a ma hope, ua kauohaʻo ia i nā pailaka Suez Canal āpau ma hope o ka hoʻokau ʻia ʻana o ke kahawai, a me ka moʻopuna a Kolonela Ibrahim Sabri, ke poʻo o ka Coast Guard ma ka Waoakua Komohana a lilo i kiaʻāina no Alex, ua ʻike ʻo Sabri he 13 mau ʻōpala, i kēia lā, ma Alexandria ma waena o Abu Qir a me Abu Taalat. Nānā ʻo ia i mua i ke aʻo ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana ma kahi o 180 mau ʻōpala e noho ana ma ka moana nui a puni ʻo ʻAigupita. Hoʻomaopopo hou ke kauka aia lākou i waho ma kahi e no nā mea like ʻole a me nā mea hoihoi e ʻimi.