Thistlegorm: Battleship, Red sea – Depth 18 – 30m

An amazing dive, which has been voted one of the Top Ten Dives in the World.

You’ll need to do this one more than once to explore more than a tiny part of the wreck.

Thistlegorm is Gaelic for Blue Thistle. A British vessel, it was attacked from the air and sunk in 1941 whilst carrying a cargo of war supplies: rifles, motor bikes, train carriages, trucks. A big wreck – 131 metres long. Currents can be strong, and in different directions at the surface and at the wreck.

Check out the following underwater footage of the deck of the Thistlegorm

<<See the Thistlegorm on its launch day