Duo-Divers

Looking up at the side of the wreck you can see that plates, in this case' have fallen away or in some instances blasted to get at more valuable metal within enclosed spaces.

The horizontal boiler, again quite good condition, I assume that its relative depth saves it from most of the pounding damage

The wooden floor is disappearing over time, allowing more light to penetrate the wreck which is a double edged sword, do you want to do real penetration diving into 35m+ on a single?

Plastic waste, again, arrrrgh!

Flat bits of plate, be that deck or hull are all over the site, I think they are deck as they are flat with very little in the way of thick metal ribs, but I do get things wrong.

Not all rust, here is a Dragonet (Callionymus lyra)

Bits of MV Yewglen wedged and jammed into the Little Rock

A Sea-Hare (Aplysia punctata) these large nudibranch come in a variety of colours, depending I think on what they have been eating.

Another small nudibranch, not sure what type it is and for all the wporld it appears to be an immature Sea Lemon although it is far to late in the season.....further investigation required!

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

Looking along the wreckage of the Mistley, you can see the ribs or joints on the bottom.

A small Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) in a discarded winkle shell, the bottom of the site is crawling with these critters, searching for food, squabbling with their brethern over shells and generally going about their daily business!

This particular Bloody Henry (Henerica oculata) was a vivid purple/black, something that I haven't noticed previously in the area.

One of the hull plates, which as you can see were double rivetted in place, a much more time consuming method of construction than welding which was made commonplace during WWII

Always nice to see lots of Dhalia Anemone (Urticina felina) of various colours on any dive!

Keel again.

Part of the engine assembly, in this case a con rod on the main shaft, not easy to get a sense of scale but it's B----I----G.

More divers on broken ground by the 'paved area', take care as the tide does push through piper gut at times!

A bit of an 'arty-farty' in this case looking up at Black Rock from near the bottom in about 6m of water!