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As of 2011, there were 61 historic protected wreck sites designated in the UK, although this is only a tiny fragment of the wrecks that are known to exist. There are 46 in
English and Welsh waters and there were fifteen in Scottish waters – eight of these were designated under the 1973
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shows the location of the site and also the extent of the restricted protected area. This is often done using a buoy, (usually yellow and inscribed 'Protected Wreck') although sites that are close to the shore may have notices on land which not only serve to warn, but often also describe why the
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passed an ordinance similar to the UK Protection of Wrecks Act, allowing for the protection of wrecks in colonial waters that are either of historical, archaeological or artistic importance (section 3), or are dangerous (section 4). On 20 October 1983, an order was passed under the ordinance,
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It is a criminal offence to interfere with a wreck designated under section 1 of the act without a licence. Navigation, angling and bathing are permitted provided this will not interfere with the wreck. A licence is required to dive at the wreck site. Separate licences are required for any
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was also protected from 1993, until the order was revoked in 1994. Designation provides for an exclusion zone for all activities around the wreck. Diving is strictly prohibited on these dangerous wrecks. Designation and control under section 2 of the act is managed by the
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Section 1 of the act provides for wrecks to be designated because of historical, archaeological or artistic value. Section 2 provides for designation of dangerous sites. Wreck sites must have a known location in order to be designated. Designated wrecks are marked on
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491:, and its provisions replaced by a system of 'historic marine protected areas'. Additionally, an order made in 2013 under the 2010 Act revoked all the original section 1 designation orders that applied to wrecks situated in Scotland.
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The
Secretary of State's functions under section 1 of the act, regarding the administration of 'wrecks designated by virtue of historical, archaeological or artistic value' were transferred to the
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263:, in 1973. As of July 2007 there were 60 wreck sites under current protection under section 1 of the act. Two sites that had at some point been designated have subsequently been revoked.
453:, lying in Falkland Sound and San Carlos Water, respectively as prohibited places under section 4. On 3 November 2006, an order came into force to designate the area around the wreck of
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An Act to secure the protection of wrecks in territorial waters and the sites of such wrecks, from interference by unauthorised persons; and for connected purposes.
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Anchoring on the wreck site is also not permitted except in accordance with licensed activities. The area designated may extend beyond the visible remains.
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The administration of 'wrecks designated as dangerous' under section 2 was not devolved and remains a reserved matter as regards
Scotland and Wales.
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Once the system of
Historic MPAs has replaced designation under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, wrecks licenses will no longer be required.
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Once the system of
Historic MPAs has replaced designation under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, wrecks licenses will no longer be required.
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All wrecked aircraft and a number of designated military shipwrecks are protected as military maritime graves, i.e. war graves under the
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The functions of the
Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998...
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17:
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The subject-matter of—... (d) section 2 of the
Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (prohibition on approaching dangerous wrecks)
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Despite this, criminal damage to protected wrecks is reported frequently. Artefacts from the site of the
British warship
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2117:
419:
272:
1027:
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292:, off Penlee Point, were allegedly stolen in 2011, and arrests were made in April 2011 over thefts from the warship
481:
179:
52:
3343:
612:
330:
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587:
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1072:
Protection of Wrecks (Ardent and
Antelope Designation) Order 1983 (No. 2) 20 October 1983 (Falkland Islands)
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3401:
1120:
157:
1203:
488:
307:
As of July 2008, only two wrecks are designated as dangerous under section 2 of the act. These are the
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wreck is important (e.g. on the
National Trust path at the Salcombe Moor Sand / Salcombe Cannon site).
136:
3442:
1136:
1052:
503:
219:
1805:
1150:
1113:
3495:
3260:
1664:
919:"Scotland Act 1998 – Schedule 5 (Reserved matters) – Head E (Transport) – E3. Marine Transport"
215:
175:
749:"Search the List - Find listed buildings, monuments, battlefields and more | Historic England"
418:
There is a searchable list of all protected wreck sites in England available online using the
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All protected wrecks are listed in the annual Admiralty Notices to Mariners and are marked on
201:
3280:
2089:
394:. Maritime sites other than wrecks, such as fish traps, may also be protected by scheduling.
308:
285:
60:
3286:
3271:
1155:
953:
901:
The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 3 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2013
808:
508:
276:
8:
3355:
1691:
1075:
Protection of Wrecks (Designation) Order 2006 (no. 24) 23 October 2006 (Falkland Islands)
473:
454:
447:
374:
3266:
1099:
958:
923:
905:
853:
813:
778:
659:
346:
321:(designated in 1997), in both cases due to containing large amounts of explosives. The
161:
1085:
411:. All Scottish designations under the 1973 Act were subsequently revoked in 2013 (see
150:
3309:
1575:
1170:
1023:
440:
293:
249:
231:
118:
954:"The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999: Schedule 1"
809:"The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999: Schedule 1"
3457:
3412:
3393:
748:
477:
435:
256:
241:
223:
191:
994:
information about the protection of wrecks and application for licences in England
557:
3452:
1000:
for ACHWS annual reports, guidance on historic wrecks and other relevant material
773:
404:
1030:. This book describes the 47 wrecks designated in the first 25 years of the Act.
3282:
1095:
849:
3479:
1098:
as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
461:
160:
as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
1006:
information about the protection of wrecks and other maritime sites in Wales
1069:
Protection of Wrecks Ordinance 1977 (No. 12) 7 July 1977 (Falkland Islands)
513:
364:
315:
202:
Wrecks designated by virtue of historical, archaeological or artistic value
108:
198:). Information boards are often provided at nearby launch points on land.
1160:
1015:, pp16–19. This article provides a description of the working of the Act.
900:
86:
685:
3334:
844:
358:
222:. Licences to survey, visit etc. can be obtained by applying online to
183:
1011:
The Advisory Committee for Historic Wreck Sites Annual Report for 2004
194:
and their physical location is sometimes marked by means of a buoy (
322:
260:
240:
Designation and licensing under section 1 of the act is managed by
195:
1105:
460:
as a restricted area. These three ships had been sunk during the
1009:
Martin, Colin (2004), "Close Encounters of a Licensed Kind", in
487:
Section 1 no longer applies in Scotland; it was repealed by the
434:
On 7 July 1977 the legislature of the overseas territory of the
379:
774:"The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2004"
1020:
Historic Shipwrecks, Discovered, Protected and Investigated
423:
245:
227:
1053:"Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Annual Report 2007"
1035:"Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Annual Report 2006"
208:
List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
976:
Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (c.33) except section 2.
831:
Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (c.33) except section 2.
341:
A number of wreck sites have been protected under the
660:"Arrests over historic wreck theft in Thames Estuary"
429:
266:
3410:
409:
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
343:
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
1091:Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck sites (ACHWS)
998:English Heritage Maritime Archaeology Publications
336:
426:has a list on its website of the sites in Wales.
363:The remains of eight historic fishing vessels in
302:
3477:
867:"Licensing under Protection of Wrecks Act 1973"
580:"Licensing under Protection of Wrecks Act 1973"
634:"Warning to divers over protected wreck sites"
2124:Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1121:
27:UK legislation on conservation of shipwrecks
3324:Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919
3360:Measures of the National Assembly for Wales
439:designating the areas around the wrecks of
3384:Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
1128:
1114:
1018:Fenwick, Valerie and Gale, Alison (1998),
1096:Text of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
992:English Heritage Protected Wrecks website
966:, 10 March 1999, SI 1999/672 (sch. 1)
821:, 10 March 1999, SI 1999/672 (sch. 1)
255:The first wreck to be designated was the
182:which provides protection for designated
158:Text of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
2122:Great Britain and Ireland and the United
388:Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
14:
3511:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1973
3491:Protected wrecks of the United Kingdom
3478:
1086:The National Heritage List for England
403:Act, whilst the remains of the German
3372:Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1109:
686:"Friends of war memorials - maritime"
151:Text of statute as originally enacted
3443:United Kingdom statutory instruments
24:
1135:
420:National Heritage List for England
397:
273:United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
25:
3522:
1079:
786:, 12 September 2004, SI 2004/2395
430:Falkland Islands protected wrecks
390:. This is administered by the UK
267:Identifying protected wreck sites
214:disturbance, such as recovery of
482:devolution in the United Kingdom
180:Parliament of the United Kingdom
53:Parliament of the United Kingdom
46:
3344:Acts of the Scottish Parliament
988:information on protected wrecks
986:Maritime and Coastguard website
946:
911:
892:
859:
836:
801:
766:
741:
412:
355:scuttled German High Seas Fleet
337:Wrecks protected by other means
3448:Scottish statutory instruments
720:
699:
678:
652:
626:
605:
572:
546:
525:
331:Maritime and Coastguard Agency
314:(designated in 1973), and the
303:Wrecks designated as dangerous
13:
1:
3465:Church of England instruments
1144:Pre-parliamentary legislation
1022:, Tempus Publishing Limited,
519:
467:
172:Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
36:Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
1175:the Kingdom of Great Britain
728:"Scotland's Historic Wrecks"
707:"Protected wreck sites FAQS"
613:"Annual Notices to Mariners"
7:
3501:Ships of the United Kingdom
497:
480:governments as a result of
144:Status: Current legislation
10:
3527:
845:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
489:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
205:
137:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
32:United Kingdom legislation
3486:Archaeology of shipwrecks
3433:
3392:
3332:
3308:
2116:
2087:
1803:Acts of Parliament of the
1802:
1782:
1181:
1169:
1143:
504:Archaeology of shipwrecks
206:For a complete list, see
156:
149:
142:
132:
127:
117:
107:
102:
92:
82:
69:
59:
45:
40:
2120:of the United Kingdom of
1806:Kingdom of Great Britain
1151:List of English statutes
871:historic-scotland.gov.uk
584:historic-scotland.gov.uk
407:are protected under the
94:Territorial extent
18:Protection of Wrecks Act
1589:Interregnum (1642–1660)
533:"Protected Wreck sites"
382:, near Dartmouth, Devon
1783:Parliament of Scotland
753:historicengland.org.uk
3435:Secondary legislation
2090:Parliament of Ireland
1182:Parliament of England
964:The National Archives
929:The National Archives
898:Scottish Parliament.
848:as amended (see also
842:Scottish Parliament.
819:The National Archives
784:The National Archives
3356:Acts of Senedd Cymru
3287:European Communities
1156:Charter of Liberties
640:on 12 September 2012
509:Maritime archaeology
277:statutory instrument
3506:Scheduled monuments
3261:Halsbury's Statutes
1173:of states preceding
1171:Acts of parliaments
392:Ministry of Defence
375:Grangetown, Cardiff
353:The remains of the
347:scheduled monuments
37:
3267:Legislation.gov.uk
2118:Acts of Parliament
1100:legislation.gov.uk
959:legislation.gov.uk
931:. 19 November 1998
924:legislation.gov.uk
906:legislation.gov.uk
854:legislation.gov.uk
814:legislation.gov.uk
779:legislation.gov.uk
311:Richard Montgomery
230:, and formerly by
162:legislation.gov.uk
35:
3473:
3472:
3458:Acts of Adjournal
3429:
3428:
3421:1972–2009/2015–16
3394:Orders in Council
3310:Church of England
3304:
3303:
1798:
1797:
1665:Habeas Corpus Act
1576:Petition of Right
554:"Maritime wrecks"
250:Historic Scotland
232:Historic Scotland
168:
167:
128:Other legislation
41:Act of Parliament
16:(Redirected from
3518:
3453:Acts of Sederunt
3413:Northern Ireland
3408:
3407:
3281:relating to the
3278:
3277:
1179:
1178:
1130:
1123:
1116:
1107:
1106:
1066:
1064:
1062:
1057:
1048:
1046:
1044:
1039:
979:
978:
973:
971:
950:
944:
943:
938:
936:
915:
909:
896:
890:
889:
884:
882:
873:. Archived from
863:
857:
840:
834:
833:
828:
826:
805:
799:
798:
793:
791:
770:
764:
763:
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759:
745:
739:
738:
736:
734:
724:
718:
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703:
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696:
694:
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676:
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645:
636:. Archived from
630:
624:
623:
621:
619:
609:
603:
602:
597:
595:
586:. Archived from
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570:
569:
567:
565:
556:. Archived from
550:
544:
543:
541:
539:
529:
436:Falkland Islands
257:Cattewater Wreck
248:and formerly by
242:Historic England
224:Historic England
192:admiralty charts
95:
50:
49:
38:
34:
21:
3526:
3525:
3521:
3520:
3519:
3517:
3516:
3515:
3476:
3475:
3474:
3469:
3425:
3406:
3388:
3333:Legislation of
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3300:
3276:
3256:
3128:
2625:
2123:
2121:
2112:
2083:
1804:
1794:
1778:
1174:
1165:
1139:
1134:
1082:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1051:
1042:
1040:
1037:
1033:
982:
969:
967:
952:
951:
947:
934:
932:
917:
916:
912:
897:
893:
880:
878:
865:
864:
860:
841:
837:
824:
822:
807:
806:
802:
789:
787:
772:
771:
767:
757:
755:
747:
746:
742:
732:
730:
726:
725:
721:
711:
709:
705:
704:
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690:
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679:
669:
667:
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641:
632:
631:
627:
617:
615:
611:
610:
606:
593:
591:
578:
577:
573:
563:
561:
560:on 12 June 2007
552:
551:
547:
537:
535:
531:
530:
526:
522:
500:
470:
432:
405:High Seas Fleet
400:
398:Lists of wrecks
339:
305:
269:
211:
204:
145:
93:
55:
47:
33:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3524:
3514:
3513:
3508:
3503:
3498:
3493:
3488:
3471:
3470:
3468:
3467:
3462:
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3439:
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3299:
3298:
3292:
3290:
3283:European Union
3275:
3274:
3269:
3264:
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3224:
3219:
3214:
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3179:
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