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SS Thesis re-visited
Although the original guide for this wreck is contained in the general overview guide it has really changed beyond belief and as such I have produced a new guide which is much more relevant.
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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.
With a lattice work of members that are still in place, the boat was of light-weight construction and lots of sections of plate are long gone
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.
More dulse covered iron-work, this time a Ballan Wrasse is heading off at a rate of knots!
Another of my regular buddies, Donzo coming out at the bottom, to be greeted with a flash!
A Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), when they are about deco stops are always interesting!
It was a bait-ball but obviously not sandeels, on closer examination they appeared to be Sprat (Sprattus sprattus). Locally they would be called Brit which is a catch all name for immature herring, mackeral and sprat which form a pillar to the local food chain.
A Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) these are always good subjects and whilst they may 'nip' inside their shells when you approach it isn't long before the peep out again!
As is my wont a scenic shot of the bows.
A smallish lobster (Homarus gammarus) out for a stroll in-among the kelp and weed.
the thought is that it was something used in the rigging or sails of a vessel, there is a small area of wear which would tend to imply that it was rubbing but nothing concrete.
As the masts, spars and rigging of any wrecked vessel were the most valuable piece of salvage I am perhaps unsurprised that I haven't found other rings.
A young and undecorated Decorator Crab, or technically a Long Legged Spider Crab (Macropodia rostrata) loads of em on SS Glanmire on weekend on 1st April.
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