▁remained ▁in ▁fog ▁until ▁the ▁afternoon ▁when ▁the ▁navig ator ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁sight ▁land marks ▁on ▁the ▁French ▁coast ▁and ▁fix ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁position . ▁ ▁After ▁continu ing ▁the ▁voyage ▁for ▁several ▁hours ▁a ▁dense ▁fog ▁bank ▁was ▁suddenly ▁encountered ▁at ▁around ▁ 7 ▁o ' clock . ▁The ▁engines ▁were ▁stopped ▁but ▁almost ▁immediately ▁afterwards ▁a ▁fog ▁wh ist le ▁was ▁heard . ▁The ▁steam ship ▁Seine ▁emer ged ▁through ▁the ▁fog ▁and ▁within ▁seconds ▁struck ▁Egypt s ▁port ▁side ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁Channel ▁ ▁off ▁the ▁Armen ▁L ighth ouse , ▁Fin ist ère , ▁France . ▁Seine ▁had ▁a ▁strength ened ▁bow ▁for ▁ice - bre aking , ▁which ▁pen etr ated ▁deeply ▁into ▁Egypt ′ s ▁h ull ▁before ▁the ▁ships ▁dr ift ed ▁apart . ▁ ▁An ▁S OS ▁dist ress ▁signal ▁was ▁transm itted ▁and ▁rep lies ▁were ▁received ▁from ▁the ▁steam ers ▁ ▁and ▁R MS ▁And es ▁but ▁Egypt ▁s ank ▁in ▁less ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁minutes ▁before ▁either ▁ship ▁arrived . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁passengers ▁and ▁crew ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁abandon ▁ship ▁in ▁the ▁lif eb o ats ▁which ▁were ▁picked ▁up ▁by ▁Seine , ▁but ▁ 8 6 ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 5 2 ▁people ▁on ▁board ▁Egypt ▁lost ▁their ▁lives . ▁ ▁Salv age ▁Because ▁Egypt ▁had ▁such ▁valuable ▁cargo , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁long ▁before ▁salv age ▁attempts ▁began . ▁However , ▁the ▁Egypt ′ s ▁w reck ▁was ▁not ▁found ▁until ▁ 1 9 3