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History of SS Thistlegorm
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History of SS Thistlegorm
Thistelgorm is a legend of the Red Sea. Diving on this wreck is more than a regular dive in our waters, as you have the opportunity to touch one of the tragedies of World War II with your own hands.
The story, the finale of which you will see at a depth of thirty meters, began back in the year of 1940, when the shipbuilding company Thomson & Sons Ltd in Sunderland (Scotland) launched the armed general-purpose transport ship SS Thistlegorm.
Great Britain entered the II World War on September 3, 1939. Therefore, like many British transports of the time, Thistelgorm was armed. Two light guns from the warships of the First World War were installed at the stern of the ship. Four young gunners had joined the crew.
The name of the ship - "Thistlegorm" - translates as "The Blue Thistle" - the national flower of Scotland and the emblem of the company - owner the Albin Line.
In 1940-41, Thistlegorm managed to make three voyages to the Caribbean and the United States. Cargo: airplanes, rails, cotton, rum.
In May 1941, Thistelgorm left the port of Glasgow with the cargo, stated in the ship's roll as "MT", that is, "Motor transport". Under this innocent definition, there was an extensive list of shells, mines, cartridges, aerial bombs, Lee Einfield rifles, medicines, armored personnel carriers, BSA motorcycles, Bedford trucks, jeeps and other military equipment.
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