The top of the light tower rises to 20 metres from the 34 metre seabed. The glass and lens for the light are missing, but there is still a spindle in the center on which the light would have been mounted. A platform with partially intact railing surrounds the remains of the light. Although interesting, detailed inspection is probably best left until ascending at the end of the dive.
The tower rises from the center of a superstructure which runs most of the length of the ship. Aft of the tower are mounts for two lifeboats and the collapsed remains of the derricks that would have been used to launch them. The empty mounting for the stern navigation light can be found behind a raised box at the aft end of the superstructure.
On the main deck below, open ventilation hatches lead to the generator room. The engines inside are for electric generators and not for propulsion. The LV83 was towed to location and moored, so had no need for its own motive power. The gunnel surrounding the deck was made of lighter steel than the hull and has mostly rotted through to leave just an open framework round the stern.
The superstructure spans the width of the wreck, with covered companionways along either side that are easy to swim through. Broken windows and rotted gunnels allow plenty of light inside.
The superstructure narrows amidships to provide deck space for a hand driven water pump. Cranking wheels at either end have ornate curved spokes and the center of the wheel is draped with scraps of netting, showing that a trawler has run its gear into the wreck at some time.
Forward past the superstructure the bow deck is dominated by an enormous anchor winch. Level with the anchor winch on either side are pairs of large mooring bollards. Just forward on the port side, a large spare anchor is firmly attached to a sloped fairing set in above the deck.
Along the centerline is a trio of open hatches. First a small square hatch, then a larger square hatch with the remains of a curved cover over it and finally a small round hatch right against the inside of the bow. On either side chains from the anchor winch lead forward and disappear through hawse pipes, outside the bow leading off along the seabed.
On the starboard side the spare anchor has fallen to the seabed. Level with the anchor winch the entire side of the hull is sharply stove in and ripped open where the Polish trawler Snardy ploughed into the side of the LV83 on 16 August 1967.
Rising a couple of metres to the top of the main cabins, the forward part of the superstructure is surrounded by an intact railing. Right at the front a small wheelhouse is looks out across the bow deck. The interesting feature here is a large fog horn mounted vertically on the roof.