UK’s Ultimate Sea View of 2018 revealed

Following a challenging judging process of almost 1,000 entries, the prize for the overall winner was awarded to Chris Herring for his entry, ‘Fighting until the End’, a photo capturing an abandoned yacht at Cart Gap on the Norfolk Coast. The image landed the professional photographer a £500 prize voucher for photographic equipment.

In addition to the overall prize, winners were also named in four categories:

• Industry: John Roberts – ‘Dawn Fishing’, Bay of Biscay
• Ships and Wrecks: Chris Herring – ‘Fighting until the End’, Cart Gap, Norfolk
• Coastal Views: Owen Humphreys – ‘Stormy Seas’, Seaham, Co. Durham
• People and Recreation: Gareth Easton – ‘Lee onboard Guardian Angell LK 272’, Shetland

Picture Editor of the 'I', Sophie Batterbury, Editor of Amateur Photographer Magazine, Nigel Atherton, Picture Editor of the Sunday Times, Ray Wells, and Chief Executive of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, Captain Justin Osmond, identified the winners during the competition’s judging process, which took place on HQS Wellington.

Visit the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society website for more details and view the winning entries.