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A view from the distance, you can 'always' see the boiler but not the woodwork, or not usually the the woodwork of the hull.
A scrap brass flange from Yewglen, this one was from the rubbish area by the boiler, or should I say where the boiler was!
An 'A' frame located adjacent to the stern of SS Mistley, not surprising bearing in mind that she was a steam trawler.
There are more and more dahlia anemone (Urticina felina) appearing on the site, I do worry that a hard winter storm will dislodge and kill most of them but hey!
Another view close to the upright showing some of the hull flattened on the bottom.
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.
A shoal of immature Bib (Trisopterus luscus) this shoal was always around a particular large rock on the site, not sure why, guess that there is a subtle current split or join?
A good old RAF roundal...used everywhere apart from the pacific in WW2 (apparently they looked too much like the Japanese 'meatball')
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 a sponge encases the stem, making an eco-system up in the water column!
The propellor from SS Abessinia, due to the absence of a shaft was it lost 'mid-salvage' or was this the spare cast iron part?
Not sure what this is......a mechanism with a brass ring on one side......could be some sort of mounting and rotational device for a searchlight?
A typical north east wreck scene, plates n bits on a hard bottom
A Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), when they are about deco stops are always interesting!
After the propellor the next 'lump' is a set of bollards
A lobster (Homarus gammarus), there are more and more blue fiends on this site, to the extent that they are being potted as shown in this shot!
A very scenic dip with dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) covering hard rock with boulders in some of the larger gullies.
Something for a sense of scale, I hope!
Don't try this at home kids!!!
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 tosheroon just after I have started scratting, you can see some scrap iron in the foreground, no interest to me!
The general topography...... the rocks are not as smooth as you may expect considering the considerable tidal forces but the surfaces are smothered with various filter feeders which thrive in the oft moving flow!
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