As we arrived at the harbour nice and early, we were greeted with a mirror like finish on the surface of the sea. All of which seemed similar to our last attempt to dive this wreck back in March (leaving us wishing for a better outcome).

Once all our kit was secured on board, we set off at a very leisurely pace out to HMS Landrail. When we were a few miles away from the dive site the skipper noticed another boat in the same location. This turned out to be some day trip fishermen. Normally most traditional fishermen just move on as they are not interested in fishing on a wreck in slack tide, however this skipper had got out the wrong side of the bed this morning (like most days, if you listen to the other local skipper :o) and said he’d be there all day. So we had to choose another dive site and we opted for the Pomeranian wreck, which was a bit of a rush for our skipper; as it is easier to “shot a wreck“ with a bit of tide running. Now this wreck seems to be very popular as it appeared in the media news with its cargo of government’s stores including 16 diver’s helmets on board. Only one is known to have been recovered so far! (by Ted Nicklin in 1970).

This wreck was torpedoed by a German submarine (UB-77) back in April 1918 and being over 4000 gross tons I’m sure you can imagine the sheer size of this wreck. However time is beginning to take its toll on it but is still a great wreck none the less, especially if you can find the bow section (which about 10-15m away from the main body) with its huge anchor still attached and in place, thankfully with the great visibility we had today, this wasn’t a problem!

For our second dive, we ended up at the St Dunstan wreck, a bit of an old favourite of ours but unfortunately a dredger had been nearby in the morning collecting scallops and severely reduced the visibility compared to our first dive. Still with a huge 3-4m dredging wheel on the side of the wreck, we knew that we were on the right wreck and with these conditions underwater, it just forced us to pay more attention to the smaller details, revealing new parts that I’d not noticed before :o)

The highlight of the dives has got to be seeing a huge lobster which was bigger than my forearm! and when they get to that size, they’ve got attitude and they’re not afraid of you! :o) All in all two good dives!