SS Thistlegorm

SS Thistlegorm was a British freighter sunk in 1942 and is now one of the top ten wreck dives in the Red Sea

On board you will find trucks and motor bike as well as parts of British military aircraft - click on the links below to learn more and see pictures taken on dives in 2007 and 2008...
 

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Thistlegorm stern view
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Trolley acculmulator - Malta
Bristol Mercury (3)0009
PUNDIT ident beacon

Follow these links to see more about the items of the Thistlegorm’s cargo shown above and an article I wrote that was published in the UK Diver magazine in February 2007:
 

Westland Lysander
Blenheim Bomber
RAF Trolley Acculmulator
Bristol Mercury engine

RAF PUNDIT LIGHT

Link to Diver article - Plane Truth

Steve Cain’s Thistlegorm photographs

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