Duo-Divers

'Who is that hiding under there?'

The geology of the site is all crevices and fissures so it's very pretty even without the wreckage

The grunions were soldered in place although they were a push fit.

Arty-farty alert....again!

The engine block, the shot-line is tied to this

A Lobster (Hamarus gammarus) this is a Blue Fiends view of a diver, I got my buddy to keep its attention and snook around to get this photo, he was off in a shot when the flash fired!

I am pretty sure that this is the remains of the funnel, the other half is probably dissolved away.

This is the top of the sternpost

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

Part of the stern section of SS Mistley, there is a small area where the girder construction is still present and maybe 1m above the seabed.

A Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), when they are about deco stops are always interesting!

A common Hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), this one was far too small for the shell in which he had set up shop!

More shots of the debris field, later in the year so a 'better' water colour!

In this case the camouflage of the Pogge (Agonus cataphractus) wasn't good enough and this live fish was caught by a Velvet swimming Crab (Necora puber)

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

This is the rounded section of stern and you can see how it's all falling apart as age causes a general degradation of the thinner steel used on these vessels, I don't think that there will be much left of the smaller vessels on the bicentennary of WW1

and closer.....

You do need sharp eyes as frequently all that is visible, poking through tiny pockets of sand, are the stainless steel grip leads.

A Long Legged Spider Crab (Macropodia rostrata) there are loads on all or most sites, this one didn't have a huge amount of camouflage, I guess that he had recently shed his exoskeleton

Sea Hare (aplysia punctata) you get loads and loads of them on the south side of the point feeding and breeding!

The sandstone bed-rock slowly steps up towards teh cliffs, in this case it is worn away in tiny steps, probably the equivalent to the layers that were laid down over time.

A scenic of some of the ribs, again plates missing and loads of brittle stars and 'poor cod'

The cock-pit, you can see that all removeable bits have gone, that's the good old UK diver for you!