Duo-Divers

The deeper gullies have a thick layer of grit and sand on the bottom, possibly concealing 'goodies'

A general topographical shot, there are several large stone pinnacles on the site, the largest rising maybe 4m from the seabed and with a circumference of 50m. They do degrade over time as they are formed from a softish rock and do receive a battering every year from Southerly and Easterly storms.

A colour shot of another breech assembly

The softer compound rivets are also rotting away on this wreck

View two of a bilge sieve, these were fitted to the open ends of bilge pipes to make sure that no large crud which may block the pump could be drawn into the system.

Bits of MV Yewglen wedged and jammed into the Little Rock

Think that this is a Montagus Blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita) there were always plenty warming themselves on the steps. The fact that the seals are fed fish there and there will be 'bits' also probably attracts them!

working down the wreck it's pretty intact so you do get to see the ship even though it's at ninety degrees to the norm

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!

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

Wreckage from SS Loch Leven which foundered without the loss of life, not an oft dived site but very nice scenery plus rust!

Kelp (Family laminariales) does tend to be quite a long lived plant with the stem above say the first twenty centimeters quite a safe place for a plant to grow without the risk of sea-urchins 'browsing' you away. In this case a sponge encases the stem, making an eco-system up in the water column!

A Short Spined Sea-Scorpion (Myoxocephalus scorpius), a nice 'easy' fish to get nice photographs of, as you can probably tell if you go through all of the albums.

Flat bits of plate, be that deck or hull are all over the site, I think they are deck as they are flat with very little in the way of thick metal ribs, but I do get things wrong.

A view of the business end of an Angler-fish (Lophius piscatorious) there are loads about the sites and once you've spotted one they become easier to see.

More lead bilge pipe from Mistley, how much was there?

Bollards! I don't know if these are solid, I suspect not but they are one of the parts of the wreck that can be positively identified.

Scenic stuff with light coming through the hull where the plates have gone and we are left with ribs and bits only

I am pretty damn sure that this section is the very bows of the Yewglen, I am looking for the ideal Kate Twinset to recreate that Titanic scene!