Duo-Divers

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!

The grunions were soldered in place although they were a push fit.

I messed around with the images as the three larger holes do have a look of 'The Scream' by Munch, what do you think?

Looking at the breech assembly of a deck gun.

A Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), relatively common around Beadnell due to the mixed ground.

That's me that is!

Deco stops can eb made less boring trying to get a photo of yourself in gas bubbles coming from guys who have just got onto the shot-line, sad but true!

Bear with me....its the port side hawse pipe and the two 'eyes' are where the flukles of the anchor located to sop them 'bashing about' when the ship was operating at high speed or inclement seas.

A Sea-Hare (Aplysia punctata) these large nudibranch come in a variety of colours, depending I think on what they have been eating.

The John L coming in for a pick up on quite a blustery day

Huge shaols of Coalfish (Pollachius virens), these were bigger boys and had chased awy the smaller baitfish. They were probably waiting to ambush any fish swept over the top of the wreck when the tide got going properly.

Not sure what these sections are or did but there are several on the site so unless they form an integral part of a gun carriage we can say that the pipes are not cannon

An internal photo of SS Breda

An initial 'zoom past' by a Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) he returned later in the dive!

A shot down the length of the 'horizontal boiler'.

A very scenic dip with dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) covering hard rock with boulders in some of the larger gullies.

Snale Locks Anemone (Anemonia viridis) another species common in Southern and Scottish west coast waters but not in the North East. I always look for the spider crab that lives with these anemones but have yet to spot one, perhaps sometime in the future?

Scenic stuff with light coming through the hull where the plates have gone and we are left with ribs and bits only, this is looking towards the stern

A Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), when they are about deco stops are always interesting!

Compare and contrast a real cannon with the claimed cannon on the Hopper!

Cascabels, trunions and the taper of the barrel!