List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act

This is a list of all sites designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. The designated sites are shown on charts and notified to mariners.^[1] English Heritage provides administration of the arrangements under the Act in England and publishes information on each site.^[2] In May 2011, it launched an online searchable database of all protected wreck sites in English territorial waters, the National Heritage List for England,^[3] which includes the location co-ordinates, designation list entry description and brief historical details for each site.^[4] The administration of designated historic wrecks in Scotland is managed by Historic Scotland, and in Wales by Cadw.

List of designations under section 1 of the Protection of Wrecks Act (1973)

List of designations under section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act (1973)

Section 2 of the Act designates wrecks categorised as dangerous.

Notes and references

Notes on Section 1 designations

^A References are to the designation order and explanatory note. All statutory instruments since 1987 are available on-line from the Office of Public Sector Information. A concatenation of designation orders including those made between 1973 and 1987 is available on the UNESCO law database site^[5]

^[A1] Cattewater: first wrecksite to be designated on 5 September 1973

^[A2] Mary Rose: designated 5 February 1974

^[A3] Grace Dieu: designated 5 February 1974

^[A4] Amsterdam: designated 5 February 1974

^[A5] Royal Yacht Mary: designated 5 February 1974

^[A6] HMS Assurance and HMS Pomone, Needles Wrecksite: first designated 11 April 1974, revised 8 July 1997:-

amended 29 July 1998:-

Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1650 The Protection of Wrecks (Designation No. 1) Order 1998 (Coming into force 29 July 1998)

^[A42] Erme Ingot: designated 26 November 1993

^[A43] Dunwich Bank: first designated 14 July 1994

"Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 1842". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 2006-10-19. 

amended 5 October 2004

Notes on Responsible Authorities

^B Management of Protected wrecksites designated under section 1 of the Act is devolved to the National Curators of the devolved nations of the United Kingdom. Management of wrecks designated under section 2 is the responsibility of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency

^[B1] "Explore Maritime Heritage". English Heritage website. Retrieved 1 June 2011.  See also English Heritage

^[B2] "Maritime Wrecks". Cadw website. Retrieved 2006-10-06.  See also Cadw

^[B3] See Historic Scotland

^[B4] See Environment and Heritage Service (of Northern Ireland)

^[B5] "Protected Wrecks in the UK". Maritime and Coastguard Agency website. Retrieved 2006-10-29.  See also Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Notes on identification of wrecksites and dating

^[C1] HMS Assurance: the Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck^[7] originally identified the sinking as 1738, however investigation by a former licensee^[8] into historic records dated the loss as 1753, and this is shown as the date of sinking in the site summary of the wrecksite in Appendix A(ii) of the latest report,^[9] although Appendix A(iii), The list of current designated sites, still shows the date as 1738.

^[C2] Tearing Ledge The wreck is believed to be the Romney, one of four ships lost on 22 October 1707^[6]

^[C3] Rill Cove Wreck: the identity of the wreck has not been determined. The tentative date of 1616 is based on the dates of artefacts recovered.^[6]

^[C4] Coronation: the wreck of the Coronation is thought to be split into two sites - the Kennemerland also split into two sites when wrecked. The identity of the offshore site (site 17) was confirmed by finding a plate inscribed with the family crest of the Captain. The identity of the inshore site (site 33) is more controversial. Royal Naval Guns found on the inshore site are consistent with a first or second rate ship of the line of the correct period and there is no other record of a ship of her size foundering in the area.^[9]

^[C5] Barthomolew Ledges: it is possible that the wreck is that of the Spanish vessel, San Bartholome which was wrecked in 1597, although this vessel is not recorded as being lost in the Isles of Scilly.^[6] The wreck is late 16th century and was carrying lead ingots of a Spanish type. Six recovered coins date between 1474 and 1555, hence dating the wreck after 1555.^[9]

^[C6] The Diamond: the wreck is of an early type of composite hull and was initially thought to be the Diamond. The current licensee has identified several anomalies in this identification, including that the wreck appears to be longer than the Diamond; there are discrepancies between samples of materials recovered from the wreck and those listed as being used in the construction of the Diamond, and artefacts patented after the date of sinking have been recovered.^[9]

Notes on Section 2 designations

^D References are to the designation order and explanatory note, where available (since 1987) on-line from the Office of Public Sector Information

^[D1] Richard Montgomery: designated 31 October 1973, because of the presence of a large amount of munitions

"SS Richard Montgomery". Maritime and Coastguard Website. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 

^[D2] MV Braer (oil tanker): designated 8 February 1993 because of the presence of a significant amount of oil.

revoked 7 October 1994

"Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2372". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 

References

External links

• National Heritage List for England: English Heritage