This 740 ton steamship ran over the Crumstone in the Farne Islands and broke its back in 1915. The wreck is now well broken up, with the main areas of wreckage being the bow at the bottom of the slope in 26 to 30 metres and the engine and stern in the shallow gullies between the rocks.
As with many well broken wrecks, the strength of the bow has resulted in it surviving with some structure when the rest of the hull has been smashed to pieces. The bow rests on its starboard side, a wedge shaped cavern interrupted by ribs across its throat. Out in the current it is covered in white and yellow dead men's fingers and small anemones.
Just behind the bow, the anchor winch lies upside down, covered by its mounting plate. Nearby the anchor hawse pipes lie crossed on the seabed, a section of chain emerging from one is draped diagonally across the winch.
Something which caught me a little by surprise is a pile of mill stones; each about 1.5 metres across and 15 centimetres thick. An unlikely cargo, until you consider that they may have been used as ballast. I heard an account that they each weigh at least 2 tons each, because that much lifting bag had failed to lift one!
Partway up the slope is an engine of some sort with a heavy spoked wheel attached. Maybe the term recognisable is a bit out of place, because I haven't got a clue what it is. As with all of the wreck it is covered with soft corals and anemones.
At the top of the slope the wreckage continues into gullies cut back into the shallow reef. Following a smaller gully to the east leads to a section of keel and an intact 4 bladed iron propeller partly obscured by kelp.
In the other direction the entrance to a second wider gully is guarded by a boiler standing on end. The casing of the boiler is broken by large holes and many of the tubes inside are also broken, making it possible to look right through the boiler.
A second more intact boiler lies further into the gully, resting in a more usual orientation with two fire holes at the outer end. Behind this is a 3 cylinder steam engine, with a section of propeller shaft resting against the side of the gully.
The gully narrows and is partially blocked by a large boulder, a swim through beneath. It continues right through the rock to a kelpy plateau on the other side, a favoured hang-out for some of the Farne Islands' playful grey seals.