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  • 30 # Date: 2012-04-26 - 00:45
  • # Max Depth: 24m Duration: 38mins
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The British cargo ship the S.S. Thistlegorm.
Bombed by two German Heinkel He-111 aircrafts on 6 oktober 1941.

General characteristics:
Tonnage: 4898 gt
Length: 128 m (419 ft)
Beam: 18 m (59 ft)
Armament: 4.7-inch (120 mm) anti-aircraft gun

Cargo: Bedford trucks, Universal Carrier armoured vehicles, Norton 16H and BSA motorcycles, Bren guns, cases of ammunition, and 0.303 rifles as well as radio equipment, Wellington boots, aircraft parts, and two LMS Stanier Class 8F steam locomotives.

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  • Dive type : recreational, deep dive, wreck
  • Temp: Surf 21°C Bottom 21°C
  • Visibility: Good Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Weights: 6 Kg
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  • Tank nº1
  • Steel, 0L
  • EANX32 mix
  • Pressure: start: 200bar
    end: 80bar
  • SAC: 1.21 bar/min
  • RMV: 0.0 L/min
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