Located on the west coast of the Sinai Peninsula average 40 km north west from Sharm El Sheikh, and discovered by Cousteau in 1956. Ranked as one of the world’s best wrecks and the most exciting wreck in the Red Sea.
The SS Thistlegorm (128 m long) was built in Sunderland by Joseph Thompson & Sons shipyard and launched in April 1940,. After its construction the ship was armed with 120 mm anti-aircraft gun and heavy-Calibre machine gun. It was sailing from Glasgow (Scotland) on the 2nd of June 1941 heading to Alexandria (Egypt) as part of a convoy via Cape Town, at the 6th October 1941 the Thistlegorm was sank after being hit by 2 bombs from a long range German bomber, the hit only blew a hole in the port side. The ships cargo included, Bedford trucks, armored vechiles, BSA motorcycles, two tanks, two locomotives, railway wagons, boots and spare parts for planes and car – Literally an underwater museum!
The marine life around the wreck is astonishing, as it is surrounded by a group of Batfishes, Barracudas, Snappers, Jacks, gropers, resident turtles and many small coral fishes
