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SS Thistlegorm

DivingNo permitMooring buoys

Wrecks · Also good for anchoring

The Egyptian Red SeaSS Thistlegorm
Best time
Mar–May, Sep–Nov
Water temp.
22–29 °C
Dive depth
16–32 m
Coordinates27°48′49″ N, 33°55′15″ E

Widely called the best wreck dive on earth. Holds still stacked with BSA and Norton motorcycles, Bedford trucks, Bren gun carriers, rifles, aircraft parts and crates of Wellington boots. Two LMS Stanier 8F steam locomotives lie blown out onto the sand either side. Batfish, jacks and a permanent tornado of glassfish. A British armed merchant ship, sunk at anchor at 01:30 on 6 October 1941 by two Heinkel He 111 bombers hunting a troopship; the ammunition in hold 4 detonated and tore her open. Nine died. Cousteau found her in 1955, then kept the position quiet, she was rediscovered by sport divers in the early 1990s. Anchorage: Permanent mooring lines; liveaboard territory, exposed to northerly wind and current. Hazards: No site-specific hazards noted, brief normally.

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