Duo-Divers

A nice size brass valve, fresh water inlet, from Mistley. I'm not sure if metric pipework systems were used when she was built but the valve had a 35 cast into it.

Another genus Crispea nudibranch, not the best of images and one of the reasons why I decided to fit optical patches to my mask!

After the 'engine bits' there is an area where it's like a giant meccano kit, protruding maybe 4ft out of the sand.

The vessel was scuttled at anchor and you can just about make out the brittle-star encrusted anchor chain just above the deck, the big smear of rust is on the top edge/side of a hawse pipe.

Once you get down to ~25m the bottom is covered with mats of Common Brittlestars (Opthiothrix fragilis) and possibly other species, but unless starfish really float your boat would you bother spending time to identify them?

More bits in the jumble of machinery

On the southern side the edge is under-cut close to the deep gutter, with various critters living in the space under the rock

A very scenic dip with dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) covering hard rock with boulders in some of the larger gullies.

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

Scenic stuff with light coming through the hull where the plates have gone and we are left with ribs and bits only, this is looking towards the stern

I have never seen this particular species of Starfish (Echioderm) here in the North East although they are common in warm water further south or on the West Coast. Apparently this species is quite ancient.....

Go out, south, and the bottom turns to big rocks surrounded by grit. Unfortunately it's all very mobile as you will see from the wave form of the sand, this means no scallops!

Fore-deck equipment, in this case a single anchor chain winding unit, usually powered the holes at the top allow it to be used 'mandraulically' if required.

Scenic shot of the deck towards the rear of the wreck with the teak decking partially eaten away by tide, time and small animals!

The lower mounting position where the pin would fit

A typical north east wreck dive, plates, boilers n bits. In this case probably Jan Van Ryswyck although a few vessels have foundered so the bits are somehwhat mixed!