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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was also protected from 1993, until the order was revoked in 1994.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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480:, 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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974:
252:, 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.
442:, 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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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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2106:
408:
261:
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281:, off Penlee Point, were allegedly stolen in 2011, and arrests were made in April 2011 over thefts from the warship
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168:
41:
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601:
319:
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1061:
Protection of Wrecks (Ardent and
Antelope Designation) Order 1983 (No. 2) 20 October 1983 (Falkland Islands)
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146:
1192:
477:
296:
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).
125:
3431:
1125:
1041:
492:
208:
1794:
1139:
1102:
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1653:
908:"Scotland Act 1998 – Schedule 5 (Reserved matters) – Head E (Transport) – E3. Marine Transport"
204:
164:
738:"Search the List - Find listed buildings, monuments, battlefields and more | Historic England"
407:
There is a searchable list of all protected wreck sites in England available online using the
260:
All protected wrecks are listed in the annual Admiralty Notices to Mariners and are marked on
190:
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2078:
383:. Maritime sites other than wrecks, such as fish traps, may also be protected by scheduling.
297:
274:
49:
3275:
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1144:
942:
890:
The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 3 and Consequential Provisions) Order 2013
797:
497:
265:
8:
3344:
1680:
1064:
Protection of Wrecks (Designation) Order 2006 (no. 24) 23 October 2006 (Falkland Islands)
462:
443:
436:
363:
3255:
1088:
947:
912:
894:
842:
802:
767:
648:
335:
310:(designated in 1997), in both cases due to containing large amounts of explosives. The
150:
1074:
400:. All Scottish designations under the 1973 Act were subsequently revoked in 2013 (see
139:
3298:
1564:
1159:
1012:
429:
282:
238:
220:
107:
943:"The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999: Schedule 1"
798:"The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999: Schedule 1"
3446:
3401:
3382:
737:
466:
424:
245:
230:
212:
180:
983:
information about the protection of wrecks and application for licences in England
546:
3441:
989:
for ACHWS annual reports, guidance on historic wrecks and other relevant material
762:
393:
1019:. This book describes the 47 wrecks designated in the first 25 years of the Act.
3271:
1084:
838:
3468:
1087:
as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
450:
149:
as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
995:
information about the protection of wrecks and other maritime sites in Wales
1058:
Protection of Wrecks Ordinance 1977 (No. 12) 7 July 1977 (Falkland Islands)
502:
353:
304:
191:
Wrecks designated by virtue of historical, archaeological or artistic value
97:
187:). Information boards are often provided at nearby launch points on land.
1149:
1004:, pp16–19. This article provides a description of the working of the Act.
889:
75:
674:
3323:
833:
347:
211:. Licences to survey, visit etc. can be obtained by applying online to
172:
1000:
The Advisory Committee for Historic Wreck Sites Annual Report for 2004
183:
and their physical location is sometimes marked by means of a buoy (
311:
249:
229:
Designation and licensing under section 1 of the act is managed by
184:
1094:
449:
as a restricted area. These three ships had been sunk during the
998:
Martin, Colin (2004), "Close Encounters of a Licensed Kind", in
476:
Section 1 no longer applies in Scotland; it was repealed by the
423:
On 7 July 1977 the legislature of the overseas territory of the
368:
763:"The Protection of Wrecks (Designation) (England) Order 2004"
1009:
Historic Shipwrecks, Discovered, Protected and Investigated
412:
234:
216:
1042:"Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Annual Report 2007"
1024:"Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Annual Report 2006"
197:
List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
965:
Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (c.33) except section 2.
820:
Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (c.33) except section 2.
330:
A number of wreck sites have been protected under the
649:"Arrests over historic wreck theft in Thames Estuary"
418:
255:
3399:
398:
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
332:
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
1080:Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck sites (ACHWS)
987:English Heritage Maritime Archaeology Publications
325:
415:has a list on its website of the sites in Wales.
352:The remains of eight historic fishing vessels in
291:
3466:
856:"Licensing under Protection of Wrecks Act 1973"
569:"Licensing under Protection of Wrecks Act 1973"
623:"Warning to divers over protected wreck sites"
2113:Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1110:
16:UK legislation on conservation of shipwrecks
3313:Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919
3349:Measures of the National Assembly for Wales
428:designating the areas around the wrecks of
3373:Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
1117:
1103:
1007:Fenwick, Valerie and Gale, Alison (1998),
1085:Text of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
981:English Heritage Protected Wrecks website
955:, 10 March 1999, SI 1999/672 (sch. 1)
810:, 10 March 1999, SI 1999/672 (sch. 1)
244:The first wreck to be designated was the
171:which provides protection for designated
147:Text of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
2111:Great Britain and Ireland and the United
377:Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
3500:United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1973
3480:Protected wrecks of the United Kingdom
3467:
1075:The National Heritage List for England
392:Act, whilst the remains of the German
3361:Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
1098:
675:"Friends of war memorials - maritime"
140:Text of statute as originally enacted
3432:United Kingdom statutory instruments
13:
1124:
409:National Heritage List for England
386:
262:United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
14:
3511:
1068:
775:, 12 September 2004, SI 2004/2395
419:Falkland Islands protected wrecks
379:. This is administered by the UK
256:Identifying protected wreck sites
203:disturbance, such as recovery of
471:devolution in the United Kingdom
169:Parliament of the United Kingdom
42:Parliament of the United Kingdom
35:
3333:Acts of the Scottish Parliament
977:information on protected wrecks
975:Maritime and Coastguard website
935:
900:
881:
848:
825:
790:
755:
730:
401:
344:scuttled German High Seas Fleet
326:Wrecks protected by other means
3437:Scottish statutory instruments
709:
688:
667:
641:
615:
594:
561:
535:
514:
320:Maritime and Coastguard Agency
303:(designated in 1973), and the
292:Wrecks designated as dangerous
1:
3454:Church of England instruments
1133:Pre-parliamentary legislation
1011:, Tempus Publishing Limited,
508:
456:
161:Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
25:Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
1164:the Kingdom of Great Britain
717:"Scotland's Historic Wrecks"
696:"Protected wreck sites FAQS"
602:"Annual Notices to Mariners"
7:
3490:Ships of the United Kingdom
486:
469:governments as a result of
133:Status: Current legislation
10:
3516:
834:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
478:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
194:
126:Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
21:United Kingdom legislation
3475:Archaeology of shipwrecks
3422:
3381:
3321:
3297:
2105:
2076:
1792:Acts of Parliament of the
1791:
1771:
1170:
1158:
1132:
493:Archaeology of shipwrecks
195:For a complete list, see
145:
138:
131:
121:
116:
106:
96:
91:
81:
71:
58:
48:
34:
29:
2109:of the United Kingdom of
1795:Kingdom of Great Britain
1140:List of English statutes
860:historic-scotland.gov.uk
573:historic-scotland.gov.uk
396:are protected under the
83:Territorial extent
1578:Interregnum (1642–1660)
522:"Protected Wreck sites"
371:, near Dartmouth, Devon
1772:Parliament of Scotland
742:historicengland.org.uk
3424:Secondary legislation
2079:Parliament of Ireland
1171:Parliament of England
953:The National Archives
918:The National Archives
887:Scottish Parliament.
837:as amended (see also
831:Scottish Parliament.
808:The National Archives
773:The National Archives
3345:Acts of Senedd Cymru
3276:European Communities
1145:Charter of Liberties
629:on 12 September 2012
498:Maritime archaeology
266:statutory instrument
3495:Scheduled monuments
3250:Halsbury's Statutes
1162:of states preceding
1160:Acts of parliaments
381:Ministry of Defence
364:Grangetown, Cardiff
342:The remains of the
336:scheduled monuments
26:
3256:Legislation.gov.uk
2107:Acts of Parliament
1089:legislation.gov.uk
948:legislation.gov.uk
920:. 19 November 1998
913:legislation.gov.uk
895:legislation.gov.uk
843:legislation.gov.uk
803:legislation.gov.uk
768:legislation.gov.uk
300:Richard Montgomery
219:, and formerly by
151:legislation.gov.uk
24:
3462:
3461:
3447:Acts of Adjournal
3418:
3417:
3410:1972–2009/2015–16
3383:Orders in Council
3299:Church of England
3293:
3292:
1787:
1786:
1654:Habeas Corpus Act
1565:Petition of Right
543:"Maritime wrecks"
239:Historic Scotland
221:Historic Scotland
157:
156:
117:Other legislation
30:Act of Parliament
3507:
3442:Acts of Sederunt
3402:Northern Ireland
3397:
3396:
3270:relating to the
3267:
3266:
1168:
1167:
1119:
1112:
1105:
1096:
1095:
1055:
1053:
1051:
1046:
1037:
1035:
1033:
1028:
968:
967:
962:
960:
939:
933:
932:
927:
925:
904:
898:
885:
879:
878:
873:
871:
862:. Archived from
852:
846:
829:
823:
822:
817:
815:
794:
788:
787:
782:
780:
759:
753:
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748:
734:
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727:
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723:
713:
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686:
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634:
625:. Archived from
619:
613:
612:
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592:
591:
586:
584:
575:. Archived from
565:
559:
558:
556:
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545:. Archived from
539:
533:
532:
530:
528:
518:
425:Falkland Islands
246:Cattewater Wreck
237:and formerly by
231:Historic England
213:Historic England
181:admiralty charts
84:
39:
38:
27:
23:
3515:
3514:
3510:
3509:
3508:
3506:
3505:
3504:
3465:
3464:
3463:
3458:
3414:
3395:
3377:
3322:Legislation of
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3289:
3265:
3245:
3117:
2614:
2112:
2110:
2101:
2072:
1793:
1783:
1767:
1163:
1154:
1128:
1123:
1071:
1049:
1047:
1044:
1040:
1031:
1029:
1026:
1022:
971:
958:
956:
941:
940:
936:
923:
921:
906:
905:
901:
886:
882:
869:
867:
854:
853:
849:
830:
826:
813:
811:
796:
795:
791:
778:
776:
761:
760:
756:
746:
744:
736:
735:
731:
721:
719:
715:
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710:
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694:
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679:
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647:
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621:
620:
616:
606:
604:
600:
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582:
580:
567:
566:
562:
552:
550:
549:on 12 June 2007
541:
540:
536:
526:
524:
520:
519:
515:
511:
489:
459:
421:
394:High Seas Fleet
389:
387:Lists of wrecks
328:
294:
258:
200:
193:
134:
82:
44:
36:
22:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3513:
3503:
3502:
3497:
3492:
3487:
3482:
3477:
3460:
3459:
3457:
3456:
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3426:
3420:
3419:
3416:
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3375:
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3340:
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3287:
3281:
3279:
3272:European Union
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3188:
3183:
3178:
3173:
3168:
3163:
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3143:
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3128:
3123:
3116:
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3110:
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