PROTECTED WRECKS IN THE UK
List of Wrecks designated under section 1 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 - (Page 1 of 3)
Site No |
Date of Designation |
Name of Wreck |
Location |
Year of Sinking |
| 1 | 05.09.73 |
CATTEWATER WRECK |
Plymouth, Devon 50 21 41.4N 04 07 37.5W 50m exclusion zone |
1530 |
| 2 | 05.02.74 |
MARY ROSE |
Solent, Hampshire 50 45 48N 01 06 10W |
1545 |
| 3 | 05.02.74 |
GRACE DIEU |
Hamble River, Hampshire 50 53 31N 01 06 10W Grid Ref: 501105 (OS 196 1:50,000) 75m |
1436 |
| 4 | 05.02.74 |
AMSTERDAM |
Hastings, East Sussex 50 50 42N 00 31 39E 100m exclusion zone |
1749 |
| 5 | 12.01.74 | ROYAL YACHT MARY |
Skerries, Anglesey 53 25 16N 04 36 40W 100m exclusion zone |
1675 |
| 6 | 11.04.74 |
ASSURANCE/POMONE |
Needles, Isle of Wight 50 39 42N 01 35 27W 75m exclusion zone |
1738 and 1811 |
| 7 |
11.04.74 re-designated 25.6.92 |
DARTMOUTH |
Sound of Mull, Argyll & Bute 56 30 11.4N 5 41 57W 50m exclusion zone |
1690 |
| 8 | 20.06.74 |
ANNE |
Rye Bay, East Sussex 50 53 22N 00 41 46E 75m exclusion zone |
1690 |
| 9 | 13.03.75 |
TEARING LEDGE WRECK |
Tearing Ledges, Isles of Scilly 49 52 12N 06 26 29W 200m exclusion zone |
1707 (?) |
| 10 | 12.05.75 revoked 1984 |
COLOSSUS (Bow Section) |
Isles of Scilly |
1798 |
| 11 |
15.03.76 |
RILL COVE WRECK |
Lizard, Cornwall 49 58 31N 05 14 26W Grid Ref:67751345 (O/S SW61 SE) 100m |
1616 (?) |
| 12 | 01.06.76 revoked 1984 |
RHINNS of ISLAY WRECK |
Isle of Islay |
C18th/ C19th |
| 13 | 27.05.77 |
SOUTH EDINBURGH CHANNEL |
Thames Estuary, Kent 51 31 44N 01 14 53E 100m exclusion zone |
Late C18th |
| 14 | 12.08.77 |
CHURCH ROCKS WRECK |
Teignmouth, Devon 50 32 55N 03 29 10W Grid Ref: 9465, 7330;9480, 7330;9465, 7312;9480, 7312 |
C16th |
| 15 | 14.02.78 (re designated 19.01.79) |
PWLL FANOG WRECK |
Menai Straits, Gwynedd 53 12 46N 04 11 43 150m exclusion zone |
Medieval |
| 16 | 08.03.78 |
MOOR SANDS |
Salcombe, Devon 50 12 42N 03 44 20W 300m exclusion zone |
Middle Bronze Age |
| 17 | 31.03.78 |
CORONATION (No1) |
Penlee Point, Cornwall 50 18 57N 04 11 34W 150m exclusion zone |
1691 |
| 18 | 26.05.78 |
LANGDON BAY WRECK |
Dover, Kent 51 07 36N 01 20 48E 150m exclusion zone |
Middle Bronze Age |
| 19 | 01.06.78 |
KENNEMERLAND |
Out Skerries, Shetland 60 25 12N 0 45 0W 250m exclusion zone |
1664 |
| 20 | 12.01.79 (redesignated 28.09.89) |
TAL-Y-BONT WRECK |
Cardigan Bay, Gwynedd 52 46 43.8N 04 07 31.8W 300m exclusion zone |
1677 |
| 21 | 06.06.80 |
STIRLING CASTLE |
Goodwin Sands, Kent 51 16 25N 01 30 30W |
1703 |
| 22 | 30.09.80 |
INVINCIBLE |
East Solent, Hampshire 50 44 20N 001 02 13W 100m exclusion zone |
1758 |
| 23 |
03.10.80 Amended 17th May 2006 |
BARTHOLOMEW LEDGES WRECK |
St Mary's Sound, Isles of Scilly 49 54.364N 06 19.889W 150m exclusion zone |
1597 (?) |
| 24 | 07.07.81 (redesignated 08.12.89) |
RESTORATION |
Goodwin Sands, Kent 51 15 36N 01 30 7.8E 50m exclusion zone |
1703 |
| 25 | 07.07.81 (re designated 08.12.89) |
NORTHUMBERLAND |
Goodwin Sands, Kent 51 15 27N 001 30 7.2E 50m exclusion zone |
1703 |
| 26 | 15.02.82 (protected area amended 21st September 2006) |
ST ANTHONY |
Mounts Bay, Cornwall 50 03.335826N 05 16.911581W 150m exclusion zone |
1527 |
| 27 | 15.02.82 |
SCHIEDAM |
Gunwalloe Cove, Cornwall 50 02 13.8N 05 16 24W 75m exclusion zone |
1684 |
| 28 | 18.10.83 |
BRIGHTON MARINA WRECK |
Brighton, East Sussex 50 48 36.5N 00 06 29W O/S grid ref: 533370E, 103025N; 533170E, 102875N |
C16th |
| 29 | 11.04.84 (re designated 01.02.85) |
YARMOUTH ROADS WRECK |
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 50 42 31.2N 01 29 35.8W 50m exclusion zone |
1567 (?) |