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.

Hoogtepunten

• ✓Laadruimen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog
• ✓Motoren en vrachtwagens
• ✓Grote pelagische vissen
• ✓Voor ervaren duikers

Het zien van dieren kan niet worden gegarandeerd. De uiteindelijke duikplekken hangen af van het weer, de zeecondities, het brevetniveau en het dagelijkse vaarplan - wij beloven nooit vooraf een exacte plek, en dat zou niemand moeten doen.