Dyk nr: 533, Shaáb Ali- SS THISTLEGORM
DYKARE :
PARKAMRAT :
DATUM :
2009-11-08
MAXDJUP :
25 meter
DYKTID :
53 minuter
VATTENTEMP :
27 grader
SIKT :
15 meter
VISAD :
173 ggr
Sha’ab Ali 27 48.800 N / 3355.250 E
In 1956 Jacques Cousteau, with his mythical oceanographic ship Calypso, discovered the wreck of the Thistlegorm on the outer wall of the reef known as Sha'ab Ali, off the western coast of Sinai. The Thistlegorm had come from Cape Town loaded with material for the British troops in North Africa.
Sunk by a German bomber on the 6th October 1941, the British transport ship the Thistlegorm (see pictures below) built in 1940 lies on a sandy bottom at 30m, but starts at a shallow depth of 17m and can usually be seen clearly from the moment you enter the water. She is 131 metres long with ample space and time for safe penetration and examination of it’s cargo of munitions, Bedford trucks, BSA motorbikes, Morris automobiles, two light MK II Bren carrier tanks, locomotives, railway freight cars and carriages.
In 1956 Jacques Cousteau, with his mythical oceanographic ship Calypso, discovered the wreck of the Thistlegorm on the outer wall of the reef known as Sha'ab Ali, off the western coast of Sinai. The Thistlegorm had come from Cape Town loaded with material for the British troops in North Africa.
Sunk by a German bomber on the 6th October 1941, the British transport ship the Thistlegorm (see pictures below) built in 1940 lies on a sandy bottom at 30m, but starts at a shallow depth of 17m and can usually be seen clearly from the moment you enter the water. She is 131 metres long with ample space and time for safe penetration and examination of it’s cargo of munitions, Bedford trucks, BSA motorbikes, Morris automobiles, two light MK II Bren carrier tanks, locomotives, railway freight cars and carriages.
