SS Thistlegorm

The SS Thistlegorm is regularly called the best wreck dive in the world, and few who dive her would argue. A British armed merchant ship, she was loaded with war supplies for the Allied campaign in North Africa when German bombers found her at anchor in October 1941. The blast tore open her holds and sent her to the bottom, where she has rested ever since as a vast underwater museum. She lies upright in around 30 metres, with the deck at roughly 16 to 18 metres, and the explosion that sank her opened the holds to divers. Inside and around the wreck you can still see Bedford trucks and stacks of BSA and Norton motorcycles, rifles, ammunition, aircraft parts, and two steam locomotives thrown clear onto the seabed alongside her. This is a serious dive: it is deep, often swept by current, and reached on a long day trip or a liveaboard from the Hurghada area, so it suits experienced divers. Big schools of batfish and barracuda hang over the wreck, and the history packed into her holds makes every dive unforgettable.

Points forts

• ✓Cales de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
• ✓Motos et camions
• ✓Grands poissons pélagiques
• ✓Pour plongeurs expérimentés

Les observations de faune ne peuvent pas être garanties. Les sites de plongée définitifs dépendent de la météo, de l'état de la mer, du niveau de certification et du plan d'exploitation du jour - nous ne promettons jamais un site précis à l'avance, et personne ne devrait le faire.