The 'look-out' wreck

A view from the distance, you can 'always' see the boiler but not the woodwork, or not usually the the woodwork of the hull.
You can see the sweep of the bow on this shot and a few of the ribs sticking out of the sand
Closer still and you can see the layout of the boat with the boiler towards stern of the vessel and some planks clinging to the bows
Again the wreckage from the port side, there are more planks than you would think as I am sure that the wreck would have been heavily salvaged by locals!
Port side again
Starboard side and the wreck is slowly disappearing on a flooding tide...
The boiler..... usually the only thing visible!

A view from the distance, you can 'always' see the boiler but not the woodwork, or not usually the the woodwork of the hull.
You can see the sweep of the bow on this shot and a few of the ribs sticking out of the sand
Closer still and you can see the layout of the boat with the boiler towards stern of the vessel and some planks clinging to the bows
Again the wreckage from the port side, there are more planks than you would think as I am sure that the wreck would have been heavily salvaged by locals!
Port side again
Starboard side and the wreck is slowly disappearing on a flooding tide...
The boiler..... usually the only thing visible!
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The propellor, don't go past as there is nothing else to see!
Another 'arty-farty' this time in black and white to try and go all atmospheric
Starboard side and the wreck is slowly disappearing on a flooding tide...
Kelp (Family laminariales) does tend to be quite a long lived plant with the stem above say the first twenty centimeters quite a safe place for a plant to grow without the risk of sea-urchins 'browsing' you away. In this case dulse and other sea-weed encases the stem, making an eco-system up in the water column!
A typical view of the sten section, all plates and beams
Sea Hare (aplysia punctata) you get loads and loads of them on the south side of the point feeding and breeding!
Football sea squirts (Diazona violacea), again lots of these very simple animals inhabit the outside of the hull of SS Rondo.
The geology of the site is all crevices and fissures so it's very pretty even without the wreckage
Wrecky bits against the reef- face
The pile of anchor chain, this has obviously just dropped straight out of the locker and forms a big two meter square lump in a gully
Bimble around most sites up here in Gods country and you will soon feel like the Pied Piper with shoals of immature Coalfish (Pollachius virens) following you about hoping to grab any tasty morsel that you may dislodge or cause to break cover.
A well known 'lair' and a well known Blue Fiend or Lobster (Homarus gammarus) I've had him out a couple of times and I guess he weighs in at about five pounds!
This is the bottom pivot point of the portside rudder which is in remarkable condition considering that the prop shaft was blown through with explosives maybe two yards away.
A bored Hud doing deco
A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) doing 'cute' the reason loads of divers visit the islands
Showing off with the rest of the recovered bits skipper Ron pointed out it was a show buckle, I can only hope some poor beggars leg and foot wasn't attached!
The tosheroon!
working down the wreck it's pretty intact so you do get to see the ship even though it's at ninety degrees to the norm
The carriage was quite good once assembled and oiled with Tung oil......a more matt finish than Danish oil
Ahhhh, bollards! Well at least this is an identifiable lump in the middle of the wreckage