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Our first dive on the gun turrets from the Bayern. These are the ball-bearings that enabled this massive turret to turn - they are about 8 inches across!
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A much lighter dive on the Tabarka - everyone scrambles to get inside before the current sweeps us away!
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Gavin inside the Tabarka.
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Most of the plates have rusted away, so you can see out between the frames.
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It feels a bit like a cathedral - a large space with light coming in from all directions.
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More rusty holes.
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Pipework on the Tabarka.
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Day two stared with a deep dive on the Markgraf. It was a lovely dive, and we saw at least five of the seven casemate guns before coming to this in tact porthole in the officers quarters at the stern.
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Gareth on the rudder of the Markgraf.
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Gavin on the Markgraf's rudders.
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Both rudders, just visible in the noise my camera shows in low light!
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My buddy Gavin on our deco stop.
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My other buddy Gareth on the shot line.
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A bollard near the stern of the Karlsruhe.
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The very elegant in-tact stern of the Karlsruhe.
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A plumose anemone on the Karlsruhe.
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Tangled wiring.
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I think this is part of an auxiliary steam engine...
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This is the armoured conning tower in the Karlsruhe - you can just see one of the small viewing slits about two-thirds of the way down.
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The breech of a 5.9 inch gun on the bow of the Karlsruhe.
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The barrel of the same 5.9 inch gun on the bow of the Karlsruhe.
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A capstan on the bow of the Karlsruhe.
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The underneath of the capstan, showing the anchor chain still wrapped around it.
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Three decks down, this is the root of the capstan. The lowest part has teeth engaged by a worm drive which is under the steel deck plate to the right.
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Fishing boats in the harbour at Stromness.
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A lonely farm on a driech morning.
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Rush hour traffic in Scapa Flow.
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The white breakers on the horizon show the contrast between the sheltered flow and the ocean outside.
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Gavin on the Dresden.
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An observation platform on the main mast of the Dresden.
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A surface interval in the sun on the Jean Elaine.
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Enjoying the sunshine.
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Debbie snaps the snapper...
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Anti-aircraft guns from the F2, sitting in the hold of barge YC21.
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Gareth on the anti-aircraft guns.
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Gavin appears out of a hole on the YC21.
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Gareth ascending out of the hold of the YC21.
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A wrasse between the barge and the F2.
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The bow of the F2, with Gareth and Gavin swimming away from me.
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Gavin on the forward gun of the F2.
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The forward gun of the F2.
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Gavin and Gareth near a large winch on the seabed next to the F2.
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Gavin on the stern of the fishing boat Mara.
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The wheelhouse of the Mara, from the outside.
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Looking out from teh wheelhouse on the Mara.
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The smallest room on the Mara.
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Gareth, Gavin and I waiting for the Jean Elaine to pick us up, with a rainbow in the background.
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The Jean Elaine feels pretty big as she looms up over us.
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