SS Thistlegorm

Steam windlass and mooring winches aboard Thistlegorm
History
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	UK official number 163052 call sign GLWQ
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	1 × triple-expansion engine 1 × screw
Crew	41
Sensors and processing systems	wireless direction finding echo sounding device
Armament	1 × 4 in (100 mm) low angle gun 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun[1]

SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship that was built in Sunderland, 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]