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...

Diving the Thistlegorm wreck in Sharm

John Kean's SS Thistlegorm. Divers can visit the wreck from Sharm El Sheikh by daily boat. Sharm el-Sheikh is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, Egypt.

Another shot on the Thistlegorm. This is the most famous wreck in the Red Sea but gets very very busy..sometimes there can be as many as 40 divers trying to dive there at once. The day we went, the viz was not that good because of rough seas...so it was not good photographic conditions..

Rob firing the anti-aircraft gun on board the Thistlegorm!

The current was quite strong on this famous wreck, which was bombed and sank on her way to take supplies to troops in Africa.