Duo-Divers

Looking out from the Haven towards Inner Farnes, I didn't walk a long way down the beach because it was ghastly

A Lobster (Hamarus gammarus) I extracted him to show my buddy how to do the deed! 

Apparently these are not immature or juvenile, rather they are commonly known as 'possum shrimps', try Mysida on a search engine. Popular as live fish food in the aquarium trade apparently.....well now we all know!

As always on wrecks watch out for bits and pieces sticking up that look a bit 'kelpy' but are metal. They can be sharp and will damage you and your dive suit! Be warned!

Typical geology, the surfaces are covered in Dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), the bottom being small vertical faces, rocks and large boulders....all very scenic and pretty in good vis!

I dropped into one particular sump in the rock and it was crawling with Flounder (Platicthys flesus) I got one photograph but they were zooming around like irate flying saucers but never left the sump.

This section is the only bit commonly found south of the boilers, you might find some bits of bow but its a swim and they may be covered in sand

A Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), there are loads about this year (2016) you just have to get your eye in to spot 'em.

Toby Douglas, not skippering today but in the wet having fun!

A common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), this one was a tad larger and seemed to have eggs around the rim of the shell.

A Painted goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) these are really common and will follow you around looking for any morsels that may be disturbed, but try and get one to stay still long enough to get a photograph.......

Another partially cleaned brass breech block.......

The same tower slightly further out, the slits are located around the entire diameter of the tower to allow the crew to see any assailent and take appropriate actions.

Looking north from the Haven out to sea and the Inner Farnes, it was really bad, really, really bad!

The size of the scrap-field gives some indication of how large the vessel was but every year more of it is bashed, pulverised and washed away in winter storms....

If you look carefully at shots of Yewglen you will see that she had a pair of rubbing strakes welded onto the side of he hull, another positive bit of identification!

This is what remains of the bows, when the plates fell apart the bow fell forward as the supporting structure had been removed

Just a random scenic shot, its a big old wreck

Part of the engine assembly, in this case a con rod on the main shaft, not easy to get a sense of scale but it's B----I----G.

Once inside there is plenty of room to move about without many intact bulkheads you'd struggle to loose your buddy too. The floor was wood with no metal plate behind so it's rotting away rapidly.

A view inside a deck gun, this one has a more intact breech assembly and you can make out the various gubbins

A bored Hud doing deco

A Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) this one was worth a photo as it had a starfish set up shop on its shell

A bit of scrap for you rust heads out there, you will also find a wreckage field from the Mistley.