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Thistlegorm wreck dive (outside)

In November 2023 I made my first dive at the Thistlegrom, near Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt). SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship that was built in North East England in 1940 and sunk by German bomber aircraft in the Red Sea in 1941. Her wreck near Ras Muhammad is now a well-known diving site. The ship completed three successful voyages in her career. The first was to the US to collect steel rails and aircraft parts, the second to Argentina for grain, and the third to the West Indies for rum. Before her fourth and final voyage, she had undergone repairs in Glasgow. She left Glasgow on her final voyage on 2 June 1941, destined for Alexandria, Egypt. She left Glasgow on her final voyage on 2 June 1941, destined for Alexandria, Egypt. The ship's cargo included: Bedford trucks, Universal Carrier armored vehicles, Norton 16H and BSA motorcycles, Bren guns, cases of ammunition, and 0.303 rifles as well as radio equipment, Wellington boots, aircraft parts, railway wagons and two LMS Stanier Class 8F steam locomotives. These steam locomotives and their associated coal and water tenders were carried as deck cargo intended for Egyptian National Railways. The rest of the cargo was for the Allied forces in Egypt. At the time Thistlegorm sailed from Glasgow in June, this was the Western Desert Force, which in September 1941 became part of the newly formed Eighth Army. Under Captain William Ellis, the ship's crew was supplemented by nine naval personnel to man the machine gun and the anti-aircraft gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_This... https://thethistlegormproject.com/ 00:00 Entrance at bridge 00:20 Blast roof 00:50 Hit area 01:50 Munitions and bombs 02:55 Rudder & propeller 03:15 Bombed area 03:50 Funnel hole 04:45 Railway freight car and tank car 05:30 Hold 1 05:45 Bow 06:30 Captain's cabin 06:50 Blast roof 07:05 Safety Stop