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DANCING THE JIG

There is a wreck a long way off, deep into the Western Approaches which has been my nemesis for over half a century. It shows up as a monster on the echo sounder and where, over the years, some wrecks eventually disappear, rusting away until all that is left is some tackle snatching scrimmage showing as little humps and bumps on the bottom. This wreck has not disappeared, remaining as a hulking lump on the bottom!

It has altered over the years, but remains a solid monster, showing up like a block of 1950s flats, and truth be told, it has puzzled me for years. One day, a few years ago, a pal of mine took a party of “gas” divers out to it and the mystery was a mystery no more. This wreck was carrying coal blocks as cargo and the metal of

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