Devon Shipwrecks DVD Full Version - Peter Mitchell 

Actually i lost a massive silver antique chinese bracelet in Bovisand on a advanced open water course on a dive . It was hurting due to the drysuit so i left it withe the diving instructor Sue was her name and somehow i never got it back ! Hope you kept it Sue ,it was worth a pretty penny n'all ,lol😉🐺🙏

Sadly Geoff, my mate Pete died in 2015, so none are possible. There are a few more videos we made together though. Just search on RU-vid for "Scapa6".

@@davidpage4005 Sad to hear that David perhaps another U/W Cameraman will come forward to take Peter's place.

Where is this LST from? I am looking for info on LST 531 from Exercise Tiger

@Firescales 22 I spent a lot of years on a Ocean Research Vessel on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Do you live on Vancouver Island???

No not all are military but 2 world wars did add plenty to the seabed in this area. The South West of |England gets hit every winter by large North Atlantic gales and these account for many of the merchant vessels lost. You have a very famous wreck, you have the "BIG FITZ".

They're often made of stainless steel.

They probably kept the propeller shaft polished or maybe it had an aluminum cover over it, if aluminum was even invented then or stainless steel. .... I would think the shaft was made of high tensile steel like 4140 or 4150L painstakingly pounded out, machined to size, then perhaps sprayed with light oil or a anti corrosion spray. While stainless would not corrode, it also has very little tensile strength and probably was not invented at the time this ship was built in my opinion. I don't think any large ships to date have stainless drive shafts that go directly to the propeller. Most shafts drive big electric motors and they drive the propellers. Also some waters tend to preserve wrecks, and that is why you are able to see then even though they were built over 100 years ago. I 100 year old ship in a yard or left just floating would have disintegrated long ago. Of course all this is my opinion, google would give you a more precise insight to ships of old and of new. Also notice the pistons of that Lancaster Aircraft that bombed the Nazi submarine pens are still not overly corroded especially since being in the water since the war no later than 1945. They had to be also made of steel, probably and alloy of some type. ///// You would think even in the old days they would have large red lanterns or today large electric lights to warn shipping of a dangerous coast.

Nothing disrespectful done. Lighten up.