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Dive #340 · Sunday, 15 October 2017
SS Thistlegorm
South Sinai The Strait of Gubal
- Day 3 of 6 · Egypt Oct 2017 →
- First of 4 dives that day(also #341 SS Dunraven, #342 Beacon Rock, Sha'ab Mahmud, #343 Beacon Rock, Sha'ab Mahmud)
- deeper than 90 % of all dives
- longer than 75 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 29.6 m
- Avg depth
- 14.7 m
- Bottom time
- 66 min
- SAC
- 8.9 l/min11.1 L · 210→80 bar
- Surface
- 25 °C
- Air
- 25 °C
Kit
- Gas
- Nitrox 32 · measured 32 %
- Cylinder
- D80
- Pressure
- 210 → 80 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Suit
- Egypte 17: Alu80, drysuit, 2 kg lood, steel HP, thermo-ondergoed
- Conditions
- Clear
Where
SS Thistlegorm
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 6 of 6 here · first 2009 · last Oct 2017
With
- Marijnfirst dive together
On the map
SS Thistlegorm
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Wreck
- Anchor
- Machinery
- Truck
- Other object
- Dive path
- Wreck footprint
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
First swam to the locomotive and from there towards the stern of the wreck. First inspected the screw on the underside and then went to the propeller. The aft gun was very impressive. For the last part we looked over the main section once more.