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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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A bit of deco after the bounce dive, yes the other guy did make it!
A more conventionally coloured Bloody Henry (Henerica oculata)
I am somewhat adept at finding taps which are then cleaned and nailed onto the shed-wall! This one was on Yewglen and all that was showing was a small bit of the handle and outlet, it came out of the iron crud really easily.
This is a section of hull, you can kinda see that the inside of the hull is on the bottom and comprises of a mesh of flat wooden sections, the actual hull is face up and looks like what it is....flat steel
King scallop (Pecten maximus) not a huge amount of 'live ones' here but loads of shells from where they are gutted by divers. Those present seem to have been 'thrown back' by divers who realise that they were undersized!
Not sure if this is hull or bent deck, it is on the Point side of you in the main gully at the shore end, always a blue fiend or two in residence but careful as there are always fishing weights and lines in this vicinity.
A Harbour Crab (Carcinus maenas) another common critter but these tend to zoom off at the first sign of divers, this particular crab was 'caught' against a rock allowing the shot. You will see that the front end looks a bit 'Velvet swimming crab' with the sharp and spikey claws but look at the rear legs and they are no-where near as broad and the eyes are not the 'evil' red of the swimming crab
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.
All that was missing was 'Steptoe and son', a scrapyard!
But so had the bag full of non-ferrous finds that were picked out and kept.
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!
'Who is that hiding under there?'
Wreckage from SS Mistley, in this case from near the stern. This structure was only eally 'thrown up' after storms a couple of winters ago!
This is a section of I guess superstructure where the plate has long since been bashed/rusted away. There are plenty of bits like this around the site but this one, at the inshore end of the main gully, is oddball as it 'sits up' meaning that any photos can be a bit more interesting as you can get underneath as per this shot.
A very large, well the largest that I have ever seen Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), she was sitting on-top of a rock pretending to be weed but had the 'wrong' colouration, the skin texture was right though!
Some sort of dead-eye or similar, this just sits in the middle of one of the gullies
Looking along the wreckage of the Mistley, you can see the ribs or joints on the bottom.
Watch out for those sharp edges, at best a slashed dry-suit and at worst a rusty cut giving you a reddish brown tattoo and trip to A&E to be stitched up
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.
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