UK Diving » Norfolk Shore Diving in October » Early October on the Rosalie

We'd never dived this late in the year off Norfolk but the Weather was kind and we were joined by Rhys for a survey of the Rosalie. The vis was poor, not because the water was cloudy but due to huge amounts of brown gelatinous blobs - you should be able to see them.

Almost the first thing we found was the spare propellor...	Just like the rest of the wreckage the prop is covered...	Rhys helped us with the survey, it's a shame that the...	The propshaft enjoys waterflow all the way round so has a...	Rhys inspects the propshaft
The propshaft must be in several sections as it has...	Every 5 metres of so there is a bearing housing...	At the edges of the hull there are still curved ribs...	Dawn and Rhys moving North towards the stern of the wreck	Not the best picture we have but evidence that there were...
This, I think, is the rudder shaft which would have been...	Not quite an Angel of the North (Norfolk) but still quite...	The very wide angle lense used exagerated the scale...	The rudder shaft was quite a hefty piece of metal work -...	There were a very small nujmber of Oaten pipe hydroids -...
Now with an idea of the scale you can see how objects...	Even the quadrant, with the October sun right behind it,...	There are few old, lost lobster pots around which have...	Dawn	The entire wreck is shallow, less than 10m at its...
The edible crabs seem to enjoy posing occasionally on...	They do a fair impression of a nosey pie	Dawn coming back onto the main structure at the stern of...	There are large areas where the deck supports still lie...	The jumble of wreckage provides plenty of space for all...
An edible crab out on the sundeck	On this visit we ran out of time just as we reached the...	Rhys making a careful ascent	Dawn slowing as she reaches the surface

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