Astonishing images of the wreckage of SS Thistlegorm, a munitions ship sunk by German bombs in the Second World War, show why it has become a shipwreck explorers hotspot.
The ship was on what was to be her final mission delivering supplies to allies in Egypt when it was struck by a bomb in the middle of the night sending cargo of locomotives, tanks, airplane parts and motorcycles to the sea bed.
The wreck was discovered by French explorer, Jacques Cousteau, in the early fifties, however, upon leaving Cousteau had the mast cut off to hide it from would-be thieves.
The ship was on what was to be her final mission delivering supplies to allies in Egypt when it was struck by a bomb in the middle of the night sending cargo of locomotives, tanks, airplane parts and motorcycles to the sea bed.
The wreck was discovered by French explorer, Jacques Cousteau, in the early fifties, however, upon leaving Cousteau had the mast cut off to hide it from would-be thieves.
