Duo-Divers

Everywhere that you look the bottom isn't bedrock, it is formed from sections of ship, although it is all well broken up and smothered in filter feeders which acts as a reminder that the dive is particularly tidal.

Bloody plastic waste, arrrrrrgh!

The general topography...... the rocks are not as smooth as you may expect considering the considerable tidal forces but the surfaces are smothered with various filter feeders which thrive in the oft moving flow!

Dropping into the main gully one of the first things that you notice is the rust stained sand.

Ahhhhh a danforth anchor, all alone and loitering, probably just under a metric tonne here!

A female Common Dragonet (Callionymus lyra), this one didn't want to move and simply shuffled deeper into the sand as the lens got closer.

A view of the same boiler showing the steam pipes. I have never seen a huge amount of blue fiends living in the boiler which is odd, but whenever someone shots it with pots they fill up, so I guess that they live deep inside.....

After throwing yourself in you can look back up the rock-face......nice

When looking for 'bits' look for colours that leap out at you, this piece of copper just doesn't blend in with the sea-bed.

Not a good shot but one of the rebreather chaps next to the rudders, these stand about 6m proud of the bottom of the vessel and are intact despite the explosive forces used to remove the phosphor bronze propellors which were located very, very close.

Well on the way but too shiny for my liking.

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

The business end of one of the secondary armament guns

And a mechanical 'thing'

A very large, well the largest that I have ever seen Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), she was out and about for a full day so I guess that she was replete having eaten crab and either was enjoying a post-paradial sun bathing session or had a full stomach meaning she couldn't get in and out of her hole with ease!

The seal eventually lay on the bottom and wanted to have its photo taken.....

I really struggled whilst looking for handles that 'spin or rotate' whilst you turn the reel, eventually I settled on machining a bit of brass with knurling for grip and mounting on a countersunk screw that wasn't tightened all of the way in

Something for a sense of scale, I hope!

I decided to hold the wheels in place with brazed end caps

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

You will certainly get a few chances for 'davit' shots on the wreck!

Plates and spars towards the stern of the wreck, this time with a diver in the background

A scaling shot of the thinnest section, this one doesnt seem as tapered as others and may be a spar rather than mast......