The Brothers are two small islands – known as Big and Small Brother – surrounded by impressive reefs located 40 miles east off the coastal town of El Quseir. The Brothers Islands are commonly reached by liveaboards, due to their secluded location. The dive site ranked ninth in a list of the world’s 50 best dives and second-best in the Red Sea. The coral growth and colours are impressive, and the reef’s explosion of life attracts hammerheads and longimanus sharks – a common sighting during the dives in this area. On Big Brothers, divers can encounter two impressive shipwrecks, the Numidia and the Aida. Due to the strong currents, divers should have solid drift-diving skills and second-level certifications or higher.

Resting at around 32 meters deep off Safaga, just south of Hurghada, the MV Salem Express is one of the most controversial wrecks in the Red Sea. Starting its career as a roll-on, roll-off ferry servicing Safaga and Jedda in Saudi Arabia, it sank after striking one of the infamous Hyndman Reefs on December 17, 1991. The ship went down only 20 minutes after striking the reef, taking numerous passengers with it.

THISTLEGORM is an English cargo ship was working with the army during the 2nd World War. 2nd June 1941 she sailed on her fourth and last voyage from Glasgow destined for Alexandria (Egypt). The German and Italian naval and air force activity in the Mediterranean Sea, so Thistlegorm had to sail long way. She had to sail around the Africa. She sailed as part of a convoy. The convoy could not pass the Suez Channel. There was a collision in the Channel. Thistlegorm had to wait… She anchored south of Shaab Ali until sanked by German aircraft (Henkel he-111) in 6th October 1941. Since that day she was lying down in peace until she discovered in the early fifties by Jacques Yves Cousteau and in the early 1990s, she was rediscovered for recreational diving.

Thistlegorm is 126 m long and 18 m width, lying down at 30 m on a sandy seabed coming from north (the bow) to south (the stern). The stern section lies almost in the side (45 degrees), the remainder of the wreck is nearly upright. There are 4 cargo holds. Each hold 2 levels (twin decks), these twin decks are large shelf that stretched under the decks of the wreck. The hold nr 4 is damaged by explosion which ripped the roof backward (like opening a tin of sardines.)

Diving at Thistlegorm you will have amazing tours to the greatest open museum of the 2nd World War.

There are chance to see:

• 120mm Anti-aircraft gun
• Bedford trucks
• Heavy caliber machine gun
• Armored vehicles
• BSA motorcycles
• Norton 16H
• Cases of ammunition
• Bren guns
• Radio equipment
• 0.303 Rifles
• Wellington boots
• Aircraft parts
• Railway water carrier
• 2 LMS Stonier class 8F steam locomotives
• Wires
• tires
• 2 Torpedo