SS Thistlegorm Wreck

The SS Thistlegorm is widely considered the greatest dive wreck in the world, a British merchant vessel sunk by German bombers in October 1941 while anchored in the Red Sea. She lies on her side in 30 m of water, and her cargo holds are still packed with the war effort supplies that went down with her: motorcycles, trucks, locomotives, rifles, boots, and railway carriages spill across the sandy bottom in extraordinary, haunting array. Penetrating the cargo holds reveals history frozen in time, rubber tyres and weapon crates stacked exactly where they were loaded. The superstructure above the holds is blanketed in soft corals and circled by enormous schools of batfish, and the bow gun remains perfectly intact. This is a diving experience unlike any other on Earth.