The anchor chain, you can see a link here, is wrapped around the vessel and with the shot-line tied at one side it really is 'difficult to loose the line and have to do a blue water ascent.
The barrel of one of the secondary guns
The business end of one of the secondary armament guns
The point where the gun meets the turret
Not a good shot but one of the rebreather chaps next to the rudders, these stand about 6m proud of the bottom of the vessel and are intact despite the explosive forces used to remove the phosphor bronze propellors which were located very, very close.
The rudders, these stand about 6m proud of the bottom of the vessel and are intact despite the explosive forces used to remove the phosphor bronze propellors which were located very, very close.
If you look down into the heavily salvaged engine space you can see the prop shaft, the hole down is about 20m to the inverted deck, quite a drop.....
Some of the armoured plates have been removed and the remaining ribs are quite photogenic
Some of the armoured plates have been removed and the remaining ribs are quite photogenic
The John L coming in for a pick up on quite a blustery day
The John L coming in for a pick up on quite a blustery day
