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Thistlegorm Photo Gallery

Welcome to the Thistlegorm underwater photo gallery. Please click a photo for an enlargement. All Photos copyright the photographer.

The Thistlegorm is one of the top ten dives in the world. It's an amazing wreck. Sunk in 1941 whilst carrying a cargo of war supplies, it still holds tanks, trucks, motorbikes, rifles etc. Thistlegorm is Gaelic for Blue Thistle. A British vessel, it was attacked from the air and sunk in 1941. More details on the Thistlegorm...

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Further Reading

Shipwrecks from the Egyptian Red Sea
by Ned Middleton, Hardback, 196 pages (2006)
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The Underwater Photographer: Digital and Traditional Techniques
by Martin Edge, Paperback, 536 pages (2009)
Recommended by the SCUBA Travel photographers. See more details....
The Silent World DVD
by Jaques Couseau.
Includes footage of the finding of the Thistlegorm. Available from Ebay