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A Sand Brittle Star (Ophiura ophiura), on the deeper wrecks there were odd ones on the sea-bed rather than the thick carpet of brittles seen on the shallower stuff.
The propellor, don't go past as there is nothing else to see!
A tiny Long Spined Sea Scorpion (Taurulus bubalis) this one was less than 10mm long!
More wreckage but a long way from SS Mistley, from its general condition and rivet pitch I would guess that it is from Yewglen and was lost during the local recovery/salvage operation!
This site is home to a multitude of Common Hermit Crabs (pagurus bernhardus)
Round sections......it looks very similar to the cross-member on the old admiralty pattern anchor that I lifted from SoP in 2015 but not sure
A bored Hud doing deco
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.
Arty-farty shot of a pinnacle
Hanging doing deco
A very scenic dip with dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) covering hard rock with boulders in some of the larger gullies.
A typical north east wreck dive, plates, boilers n bits. In this case probably Jan Van Ryswyck although a few vessels have foundered so the bits are somehwhat mixed!
Is it a plant...is it a vegetable? I really don't know but suspect that it may actually be some sort of egg. There are always a few about but they do appear and then disppear in quite a short time-scale!
A very large, well the largest that I have ever seen Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), I knew that there was a big occie about as there is a noticeable 'lair' with loads of smashed edible crab parts, the trouble is that inside their hidey holes there is nothing to see.
Looking back towards the Carnatic from the bowsprit, Abu Nuhas Reef
A compressed air tank, as used to blow ballast from the tanks and enable the submarine to surface. There are loads of these dotted around the site, they are not torpedos, lost dive cylinders or similar and to date I haven't managed to find any with the brass valves in place.
A Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) always a few to see on every dive. The knack is to get the photograph quickly before they start to withdraw into their shell.
A Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), relatively common around Beadnell due to the mixed ground.
Plates and spars towards the stern of the wreck
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