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The find of brass keel pins would tend to date a vessel before this date, unless of course the wreck was a small fishing type vessel.
Starting near the stern, this is the top of the steering assembly and the guy here is thinking 'how do I get in?'
Another arty shot of the stringy like Bootlace Weed (Chorda filum) that is found in lower inter-tidal water. Apparently quite tasty too!
After the propellor the next 'lump' is a set of bollards
More lead scupper from Mistley, this stuff was from about mid-ship on the keel line so I am guessing that they were pretty much feeding straight into the pump, which has probably long gone.
A lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) moving past with the prevailing tide, the long stingers on these beggars can be 3m long and be left on shot ropes sooooo, dont approach them without caustion and wear gloves!
Debris all around and most unidentifiable, in this case it's a part of a mast or kingpost arrangement, I think!
A Ling (Molua molua), this one zipped past me at speed and went into it's hidey hole, it was quite a size, maybe three feet long.
Another boiler, this one has a large lump of machinery to the south and is pretty much intact
Bear with me....its the port side hawse pipe and the two 'eyes' are where the flukles of the anchor located to sop them 'bashing about' when the ship was operating at high speed or inclement seas.
As you look along the bottom of the gullies you will see that the hull-plate has moulded onto the bedrock whilst the vertical sections are rapidly being eaten away by the sea
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