Dennis Bakhuis

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Dive #84 · Monday, 30 November 2009 · 07:01–07:32

SS Thistlegorm

South Sinai The Strait of Gubal

wreckboat As ticked in the paper log: Salt Water; Wreck; Entry: Giant Stride

Max depth
30.6 m
Avg depth
10.8 m
Bottom time
31 min

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32 · measured 30 %
Cylinder
Alu80
Pressure
202 → 90 bar
Mode
Open circuit
Weights
8 kg
Suit
7 mm
Surface interval
10:57
Safety stop
3 min
Difficulty
2
Conditions
Weather: clear

Where

SS Thistlegorm

wreck

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 2 of 6 here · first 2009 · last Oct 2017

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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

Very cool wreck. Looked mostly at the stern and the steam locomotive that had come adrift. The propellers must have been 5 metres per blade.

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