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Dive #338 · Saturday, 14 October 2017

SS Thistlegorm

South Sinai The Strait of Gubal

wreckboat

Max depth
26.2 m
Avg depth
18.5 m
Bottom time
80 min
SAC
8.3 l/min11.1 L · 210→40 bar
Surface
25 °C
Air
25 °C

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32 · measured 32 %
Cylinder
D80
Pressure
210 → 40 bar
Mode
Open circuit
Suit
Egypte 17: Alu80, drysuit, 2 kg lood, steel HP, thermo-ondergoed
Conditions
Little current

Where

SS Thistlegorm

wreck site max 30.6 m

A British armed merchantman bombed at anchor in October 1941, still loaded with the trucks, motorcycles and locomotives she was carrying to the Eighth Army.

Dive 4 of 6 here · first 2009 · last Oct 2017

On the map

SS Thistlegorm

No route marked

SS ThistlegormStern section on its port sideUsual route · 280 mDescent line to the bow deckBow↓16 mAnchor winch and chains↓16 mHold 1: motorcycles, trucks, boots↓25 mHold 2: trucks with BSA motorcycles, rifles↓25 mHold 3: ammunition, mines, shells↓25 mBridge↓18 mEngine room↓25 mHold 4 blast area: shells, Bren carrier↓30 mUpturned Bren carrier↓30 mLocomotive (port side)↓30 mLocomotive (starboard, off hold 2)↓30 mStern guns: 4.7-inch gun and AA machine gun↓25 mPropeller and rudder↓31 mN10 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Wreck
  • Anchor
  • Machinery
  • Truck
  • Other object
  • Dive path
  • Wreck footprint
  • Depth

Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

This really is a playground with so much to see: trucks with motorcycles on them, transformers, the locomotive. You can crawl through the ship everywhere and Xavier demonstrated what a wreck penetration is.

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