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MarkV


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Rolls Royce Armoured Cars on the ship Thistlegorm?
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Hello,

I've come across several references to there being two Rolls Royce-based armoured cars on the freighter Thistlegorm which was sunk on October 6th 1941 off the Sinai coast by a German bomber flying out of Crete.  The ship and its cargo are still there and are a well-known dive site.  There are under-water photos of at least one of the armoured cars at this website:  Thistlegorm

Are these really Rolls Royce armoured cars and, if so, of what type?  The vehicle shown is extremely boxy and does not seem to resemble the "classic" Rolls Royce armoured car.  Is this an "India Pattern" car or just a bare Rolls Royce chassis with crates stacked on top, partly concealed beneath 65 years of slime and mud?

What do you think.  Can you identify it?

MarkV




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Paul Bonnett


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Interesting photo's on that site. After having adjusted the RR image it has some interesting feature's but it bears no resemblance to any RR a/cars that I,ve seen.  It does have the double rear wheel but it also looks like the body has parted from the chassis  and the rear axle from the leaf springs.  The largest part of the body looks as though it has covered windows along the side and what maybe a door opening forward of them. There also seems to be a single window in the rear wall of that section. I cannot make sense though of the box sections at the rear.
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      Paul

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