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#1 Posted : 11 August 2011 11:04:42

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#2 Posted : 11 August 2011 11:08:28

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Amazing pics - thanks for posting it

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#4 Posted : 11 August 2011 14:30:01

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My father was a crew member on H.M.S. Carlisle, which was with the thistlegorm when she was sunk, and picked up survivors. A colleague of mine dived the wreck about two years ago, and he was amazed at the sights on board.
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#5 Posted : 11 August 2011 15:24:43

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That brings back some great memories BigGrin

About 10(ish) years ago i went on a diving holiday to Sharm el Sheikh. Towards the end of the week, we spent a whole day at the Thistlegorm. It was the highlight of the week & we had an absolutely fantastic day.
There is so much sea life there, & being able to dive through the cargo holds & see all the old jeeps & motorbikes was awesome. The steam loco still strapped to the top deck was quite a sight, while the other one had rolled off onto the sea bed a short distance away.

I was travelling as part of a large group from a club, so between us we hired a videographer for the day, & she followed us around down there, so we got a great memento to bring home. There is one great shot, where we found the captain's cabin, so i 'took a bath' in it for the film - i had to wash off all that seawater somehow
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