Sunk 6 October 1941

SS Thistlegorm

A British armed transport ship carrying war supplies, sunk at anchor in the early hours by two bombs from a German Heinkel He-111 while waiting to join a Suez Canal convoy.

Location

“Safe Anchorage F,” northern Strait of Gubal, off the western Sinai coast

Depth

Shallowest ~16m, seabed and propeller ~30–32m

Day trip or liveaboard