You can't have been there at low water Dave, both Saltscar (Coatham) and East Scar are very visible. Good crabbing grounds in my youth!
I grew up looking at the remains of FAIRPLAY II without knowing what it was, also the fishermen referred to 'the Frenchman's boiler' which would be the MONTAUBAN. The ribs of ROSE OF ENGLAND sometimes come out of the sand at very low tides.
DIMITRIS was wrecked when I was 7 but admit don't remember it too clearly, unlike TAXIARCHIS which was a little earlier and well up the beach so couldn't be missed! We used to call it the 'Andrew Dimitris' not knowing she was DIMITRIS, of Andros!
These rocks took their toll on a lot of ships which came up the coast round Hunt Cliff, saw the South Gare and headed for it!! There always was a buoy further out but if they cut inside it was at their peril. DIMITRIS was from the south with iron ore for the Tees. Both MONTAUBAN and TAXIARCHIS were southbound and got too close for whatever reason.
http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_b ... AR+MALAYANhttp://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_b ... =MONTAUBANhttp://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/view.ph ... ssel=CALDYFAIRPLAY TWO was ex FAIRPLAY XIV built 1922 and renamed in 1938 when Fairplay moved some of their tugs to UK flag (connected with Jewish persecutions I think).
The king at time was WILLIAM IV hence the name.