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 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 general shot of the rock formations complete with kelp and bits.....
This flounder (Platicthys flesus) stayed put until the flash fired and then it was off, at speed!
Looking from the 'end' of the first reef out to sea. There is a band of sand then another line of rocks and reef
Trying to give some sort of sense of scale how large the rock formations stand off the bottom, in this case the goody and lift bag stand about 7ft tall
As you approach the debris field you will find little lengths of lead coated wiring sticking out of the sand or protruding from under stones.
You will find this particular sponge all over 'shallow' sites around the Northumbrian coast, not being an expert I can only guess that it is Stelletta lactea and if someone wishes to correct me then great!
As you approach the debris field you will find little lengths of lead coated wiring sticking out of the sand or protruding from under stones.
This is a nice shot of one of the compressed air cylinders, you can see that a large section has been eroded away by the effect of sea and sand, potentially aided if someone blasted off the bronze fittings.
Under the rocks here is a large steel flange, possibly part of the conning tower arrangement as it is too small to form part of the hull structure.
This can only be a section of keel as it is thick, wide steel that would have had no place on the upper part of the vessel
In the actual 'submarine hole' it is an absolute mishmash of bits concreted onto the bottom, in this case a heavy gauge cable has been concreted onton steel and rock
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
There are 'odd' sections of phosphor bronze pipe dotted around the site, I have put a fishing weight on this one to give some sense of scale. I may be forced to attack it with a hammer and chisel in 2017!
