SS Thistlegorm ⚓️
The SS Thistlegorm is one of the most famous wrecks in the world. Built in 1940, the SS Thistlegorm was a 126 meter long English freighter sunk by a German bomber in 1941. It was carrying military equipment during World War II and was about to support the allied forces in Egypt.
Boots and motorcycles are visible in Hold No. 1. Trucks, armoured vehicles, motorcycles, Wellington boots, rifles, wings, engine exhaust rings and cylinders are visible in Hold No. 2. Off to the port side of the wreck level with the blast area can be found one of the steam locomotives which had been stored as deck cargo.
In the early 1950s the wreck was discovered by Jacques Cousteau using information from local fishermen.
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