One of the most iconic shipwrecks in the world lies at a maximum depth of 33 meters in the Northern part of the Red Sea, in the Strait of Gubal. It is located approx. 40 km off Sharm El Sheikh, which makes it possible only in full day excursions or while on a liveaboard. 

The Thistlegorm is truly one of the best dives in the world. Sunk in 1941 after a German air attack, the 125m long British army freighter was loaded with wartime supplies for the War Effort in North Egypt, most of which is still well visible today. Locomotives, army boots, tanks, trailers and armored cars, Triumph motorbikes, rifles and ammunitions, Morris automobiles, Benford trucks, grenades, anti-tank mines, airplane wings and tanks’ spare parts are all still stowed in the holds of this magnificent shipwreck. Every visit to this dive sites is like a tour in an underwater museum, a place where time abruptly stopped. 

The ideal day on the Thistlegorm is split in two dives, due to the size of the wreck. It lies quite intact on the sandy seabed, but it was split in two parts when it sank, as the German bombs cut it in half. The two sections lie at a distance of about 20 meters from each other, and they are still upright, in navigation position.

Schools of batfish typically swim around the wreckage, together with eagle rays, trevallies, hawksbill turtles and reef sharks. Lionfish and crocodile fish are a common sighting, too.