Duo-Divers

Christophe Badesco, a monster of the deep

Some sort of winching arrangement, this is a large section of wreckage within a short distance of the boilers

The barrel of one of the secondary guns

Looking back towards the Carnatic from the bowsprit, Abu Nuhas Reef

A Long Legged Spider Crab (Macropodia rostrata) there are loads on all or most sites, this is the most common 'camouflage'.

Common edible and tasty lobster (homarus gammarus) the area is home to a multitude of them!

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!

A pair of brittle stars (Ophiura ophiura) these critters are actually quite rapid and much faster than other types of starfish

This smaller donkey boiler is standing on one of the flate ends and large sections of the outer case have, over the years, come adrift meaning that you can look in on the various tubes and pipes. To find it when you get out from the cut through Knifestone follow the wall right.

A turbine or part thereof or a focussing arrangement from a search-light?

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

This piece stands proud of the seabed maybe eight feet and forms a large H, not sure what it is though....

A bit of pipe, you can see the brazed joint along with a 50p piece for a bit of scale

The underside of SS Rondo is covered with Peacock Worms Sabella pavonina) get too close and they 'snap' closed so approach very....very....very slowly and start snapping when you are in range and still moving forward.

Football sea squirts (Diazona violacea), again lots of these very simple animals inhabit the outside of the hull of SS Rondo.

Dropping into the main gully one of the first things that you notice is the rust stained sand and then larger pieces of wreckage start to appear.

Engine parts sticking out of the sand, I assume these held on the cylinders........