SS Thistlegorm
British armed merchantman sunk in the Red Sea at Ras Muhammad / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship that was built in North East England in 1940 and sunk by German bomber aircraft in the Red Sea in 1941. Her wreck near Ras Muhammad is now a well-known diving site.[2]
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Steam windlass and mooring winches aboard Thistlegorm | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Owner | Albyn Line |
Operator | Albyn, Black & Co |
Port of registry | Sunderland |
Builder | J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland |
Yard number | 599 |
Launched | 9 April 1940 |
Sponsored by | Mrs KW Black |
Completed | 24 June 1940 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by German aircraft 6 October 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 4,898 GRT, 2,750 NRT |
Displacement | c.13,000 tons fully loaded |
Length | 415.1 ft (126.5 m) |
Beam | 58.2 ft (17.7 m) |
Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Depth | 24.8 ft (7.6 m) |
Decks | 1 |
Installed power | 365 NHP, 1,850 IHP |
Propulsion |
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Crew | 41 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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