Now one of Egypt's most famous shipwrecks, The Dunraven was a steam and sail powered vessel cargo ship built in 1873 for transporting spices and timber. Three years later, the vessel was 12 kilometres west of Ras Mohammed in the Strait of Gobal, returning from Bombay to Newcastle with a cargo of wool and cotton when it collided with Sha’ab Mahmud Reef just north of Beacon Rock. The Dunraven's stern now lies upside-down at a depth of 28 metres, her bow at 18 metres. Her total length is 82 metres and breadth 9.7 metres.

In February 2005 I dived this wreck (my dive 1011) with Emperor Divers from their day boat, Empress Teresa. The dive was spoilt for me by problems with a new dive mask. This had been both leaking and fogging up. Immediately prior to this dive, Adrian Stacey, my dive guide and buddy, burnt some of the silicone off the inside of my mask to try and prevent further fogging. Initially this proved successful and there was no leak either. However after about 20 minutes my mask began to fog up and I had to let some water into the mask in order to clear it. This triggered a significant leak, which I was unable to stop and which ruined the remainder of my dive.