The World-famous wreck of the Thistlegorm


THE WRECK OF THE THISTLEGORM

In the golf of Suez, the Thistlegorm lies on a sandy bottom at 30 metres. This armed cargo ship (415 feet long) is fill with military equipment for the British troops based in Africa.
She was bombed by the German Luftwaffe on the 6th of October 1941 when she was at the anchor near the reef of Sha'ab Ali, waiting for orders to move up the canal. Hit by two bombs the ammunition chamber exploded and the Thistlegorm sunk rapidly taking down with her 9 of the 49 members of the crew.