Westland Lysander and Blenheim found

Oooohh

Anything to make you happy!

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Chris

Oooooooh…Trolley Accs…Anne crawls into darkened room with wet suit on!

Anne:D

Light

The lowest point of the Thistlegorm dive is around 30m. Most of the inside of the wreck is around 24m. Inside the wreck, I used a strobe. Outside the water is pretty clear, so the light is not too bad.

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Chris

I just played the slideshow. Really enjoyed sitting and watching some fantastic shots. Thanks for sharing 🙂

Incredible light, is it in the shallows or have you got some major illuminations?

I’ve never had the nerve to go diving – ships scare me a bit.

You are right – except it is not floating! If you follow the link to my website you will see photographs of the hundreds of boxes of live ammunition on the Thistlegorm and a very clear picture of the polished end of a live 4.5″ shell. Apparently, someone opened the box it was stored in using a lump hammer and a chisel. Must have got quite a shock when they found out what was inside The markings on the shell say that it was manufactured in 1929!

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Chris

Very much doubt anything would be allowed to be taken from The Thistlegorm as there are supposed to be a heck of a lot of live ammo still floating about this ship.
As they say………………….Caw Canny !!!!!.

Thank you for identifying from what aircraft the Thistlegorm parts are from. I’ve always wondered but no one has been able to say until now. I’ll have to buy a copy of the magazine.

Lysander and Blenheim found article

All

An article I wrote describing the identification of the aircraft parts on the SS Thistlegorm has been published in the 2008 February issue of the Diver magazine (the UK version).

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Chris

More pictures

I have uploaded some more pictures taken during my last visit to Duxford – more pictures of the Lysander wings and the Blenheim tail plane:

http://www.schweboo.com/html/sharm_el_sheikh_-_egypt.html

Click on the 4.5″ shell to access the slide show – use the View Gallery tab to access the drop down menu.

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Chris

Thistlegorm

I have dived the Thistlegorm about 12 times now in the last 3 years and it is collapsing in on itself at the front. I think it is only a short time before the contents of 1 and 2 holds, which have the aircraft parts, get crushed by the upper decking.

It is a great dive, especially at night.

Visit to ARCO at Duxford

Here is a picture of G-OFIT in good company at Duxford on visit to ARCO to confirm identification of Lysander, Bristol Mercury and Blenhem parts. Best parking spot I have had so far….

Chris

Any more pictures?

I am also keen to know if anyone else has any photographs of aircraft parts on the Thistlegorm that they would be prepared to share?

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Chris

welcome to the forum, those are fascinating photographs. are they worth recovering does anyone know? 😀

I suspect not – they have been in a salt water environment for a long time. The other problem is that the Eqyptian authorities would almost certainly block any attempt to remove anything from one of their top tourist attractions. According to one crew member, there is at least one fuselage on board – which I will look out for next time,

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welcome to the forum, those are fascinating photographs. are they worth recovering does anyone know? 😀