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. Historic England (formerly English Heritage) provides administration of the arrangements under the Act in England and publishes information on each site. In May 2011, it launched an online searchable database of all protected wreck sites in English territorial waters, the National Heritage List for England, which includes the location co-ordinates, designation list entry description and brief historical details for each site. The administration of designated historic wrecks in Scotland is managed by Historic Environment Scotland, and in Wales by Cadw.

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

Name Designated Location Year wrecked Authority National Heritage List for England / Cadw NumberFirst Current Cattewater Wreck 1973 1973 Plymouth 1530 H.E. 1000065 Mary Rose 1974 1974 Portsmouth 1545 H.E. 1000075 Grace Dieu 1974 2016 River Hamble 1436 H.E. 1000061 VOC Amsterdam 1974 1974 Hastings 1749 H.E. 1000055 Royal Yacht Mary 1974 1974 The Skerries, Anglesey 1675 Cadw / 1974 1998 The Needles 1753,1811 H.E. 1000087 HMS Dartmouth 1974 1992 Sound of Mull 1690 H.E.S. n.a. HMS Anne 1974 2009 Pett Level 1690 H.E. 1000060 Tearing Ledge Wreck 1975 1975 Scillies 1707? H.E. 1000063 Rill Cove Wreck 1976 1976 The Lizard 1616? H.E. 1000046 South Edinburgh Channel Wreck 1977 1977 Thames Estuarylate 18th century H.E. 1000079 Church Rocks Wreck 1977 1977 Teignmouth18th century H.E. 1000064 Pwll Fanog Wreck 1978 1979 Menai Strait Medieval Cadw Moor Sand Site 1978 1978 Salcombe Middle Bronze Age H.E. 1000050 Coronation (Offshore) 1978 1978 Penlee Point, Rame 1691 H.E. 1000069 Langdon Bay Wreck 1978 1978 Dover Middle Bronze Age H.E. 1000059 Kennemerland 1978 1978 Out Skerries 1664 H.S. n.a. Tal-Y-Bont Wreck 1979 1989 Cardigan Bay 1677 Cadw HMS Stirling Castle 1980 2004 Goodwin Sands 1703 H.E. 1000056 HMS Invincible 1980 1980 East Solent 1758 H.E. 1000052 Bartholomew Ledges Wreck 1980 2006 Scillies 1597? H.E. 1000066 HMS Restoration 1981 2004 Goodwin Sands 1703 H.E. 1000057 HMS Northumberland 1981 2004 Goodwin Sands 1703 H.E. 1000058 St Anthony 1982 2006 Mount's Bay 1527 H.E. 1000067 HMS Schiedam 1982 1982 Gunwalloe Cove 1684 H.E. 1000049Yarmouth Roads Wreck 1984 1985 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1567?H.E. 1000044Studland Bay Wreck 1984 1998 Poole C 1520H.E. 1000045Admiral Gardner 1985 2004 Goodwin Sands 1809H.E. 1000062Hazardous 1986 2022 Bracklesham Bay 1706H.E. 1000048Coronation (Inshore) 1989 1989Penlee Point, Rame 1691 H.E. 1000070Iona II 1990 2006 Lundy 1864H.E. 1000051Gull Rock Wreck 1990 1990Lundy 15th/16th centuryH.E. 1000053Wrangles Palais 1990 1991 Out Skerries 1687H.E.S. n.a.Erme Estuary Wreck 1991 1991Erme Estuary 16th to 18th centuryH.E. 1000071Smalls Reef Wreck 1991 1995 Smalls Reef C 1100Cadw Duart Point Wreck 1992 1992Sound of Mull 1653H.E.S. n.a.Girona 1993 1993Lacada Point 1588N.I. E.H.S. n.a.HMS Royal Anne Galley 1993 2006 The Lizard 1721H.E. 1000068Erme Ingot Site 1993 1993Erme Estuary Unknown, Bronze Age or laterH.E. 1000054Dunwich Bank Wreck 1994 2004 Dunwich 16th centuryH.E. 1000073Resurgam 1996 1996Rhyl 1880Cadw Hanover 1997 2022 Hanover Cove, Cornwall 1763H.E. 1000072Seaton Carew Wreck 1997 1997Seaton Carew 19th centuryH.E. 1000077Salcombe Cannon Wreck 1997 1997Salcombe c 1640H.E. 1000074HM Submarine A1 1998 2004 Bracklesham Bay 1911H.E. 1000043Burntisland Wreck 1999 1999Firth of Forth 1633H.E.S. n.a.Loe Bar Wreck 1999 1999Mount's Bay 17th centuryH.E. 1000076Mingary Castle Wreck 2000 2000Sound of Mull17th centuryH.E.S. n.a.Kinlochbervie Wreck 2001 2001KinlochbervieEarly 17th centuryH.E.S. n.a.HMS Colossus (Stern Section) 2001 2017Scillies 1798H.E. 1000078HMS Campania 2001 2001Firth of ForthNovember 1918H.E.S. n.a.The Diamond? 2002 2002Cardigan Bay 19th centuryCadw USS Bonhomme Richard? 2002 2002Filey Bay 1779H.E. 1000080Swash Channel Wreck 2004 2004Poole Early 17th centuryH.E. 1000082Holland V 2005 2005Sussex Coast 1912H.E. 1000081West Bay Wreck 2005 2005West Bay 17th/18th centuryH.E. 1000083HMS Resolution? 2006 2006Norman's Bay 1703H.E. 1000084Rooswijk 2007 2018Goodwin Sands 1739H.E. 1000085Wheel Wreck 2007 2007Scillies 19th centuryH.E. 1000086HMS London 2007 2012Thames Estuary 1665H.E. 1000088 Goodwins & Downs 8 2012 2012 Goodwins and Downs 1650-1750H.E. 1401982 Unknown Wreck off Thorness Bay 2013 2013 Isle of Wight 19th centuryH.E. 1402103HMS Association 2014 2014 Isles of Scilly 1707H.E. 1419276HMS A3 2016 2016 Portland Bill 1912H.E. 1422537SM U-8 2016 2016 Folkestone 1915H.E. 1430265Holigost 2016 2016 River Hamble 1422H.E. 1000061HMT Arfon 2016 2016St Alban's Head, Dorset 1917H.E. 1432595 Chesil Beach cannon 2017 2017 Chesil Beach 17th/18th centuryH.E. 1433972UC-70 2017 2017Whitby 1918H.E. 1446103 Eastbourne wreck site 2019 2019Eastbourne 1672H.E. 1464317 Shingles Bank wreck NW68 2022 2022 Isle of Wight 17th century H.E. 1469106 Shingles Bank wreck NW96 2022 2022 Isle of Wight 15th/16th century H.E. 1469107 Mortar wreck 2022 2022 Poole, Dorset 13th century H.E. 1474570

De-designations (Section 1) Name Designated Revoked Location Year wrecked Authority Rhinns of Islay Wreck 1976 revoked 1984 Islay18th/19th century H.E.S. Brighton Marina Wreck 1983 revoked 2017 Brighton 16th century H.E.

List of designations under section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act (1973) Section 2 of the act designates wrecks categorised as dangerous.

Name Designated Location Year wrecked Authority First Current SS Richard Montgomery 1973 1973 Thames Estuary1944 MCA SS Castilian 1997 1997 Anglesey1943 MCA

De-designations (Section 2) Name Designated Revoked Location Year wrecked Authority MV Braer 1993 revoked 1994 Shetland Islands1993 MCA

Notes and references

Notes on Section 1 designations 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 Cattewater: first wrecksite to be designated on 5 September 1973 Mary Rose: designated 5 February 1974 Grace Dieu: designated 5 February 1974, redesignated 21 July 2016:-

Amsterdam: designated 5 February 1974 Royal Yacht Mary: designated 5 February 1974 HMS Assurance and HMS Pomone, Needles Wrecksite: first designated 11 April 1974, revised 8 July 1997:- amended 29 July 1998:-

HMS Dartmouth: first designated 11 April 1974, the original designation was revoked after excavation and recovery of finds. The site was redesignated on 25 June 1992:- HMS Anne: first designated 20 June 1974, redesignated 23 March 1992 and 2 Sep 2009:-

Tearing Ledge: designated 13 March 1975 HMS Colossus: designated 12 May 1975, revoked 1984, after it was believed that all material had been recovered, but note that the stern was discovered later at a different position and has been separately designated (designated site number 53) Rill Cove Wreck: designated 15 March 1976 Rhinns of Islay: designated 1 June 1976; revoked 1984, after determination that the site is the location of multiple wrecks, and there was no longer any wreck left worth protecting. South Edinburgh Channel Wreck: designated 27 May 1977 Church Rocks Wreck: designated 12 August 1977 Pwll Fanog Wreck: first designated 14 February 1978, redesignated 19 January 1979 Moor Sands: designated 8 March 1978 Coronation (No 1): The offshore site was designated 31 March 1978 Langdon Bay: designated 26 May 1978 Kennemerland: designated 1 June 1978 Tal-Y-Bont wreck: first designated 12 January 1979, redesignated 28 September 1989:- Stirling Castle: first designated 6 June 1980. Amended, along with other wrecks on the Goodwin Sands 5 October 2004:- Explanatory note to order 2004 No. 2395 Invincible: designated 30 September 1980 Bartholomew Ledges: first designated 3 October 1980. Amended 2006:- Restoration: first designated, along with other wrecks on the Goodwin Sands, 7 July 1981, amended 8 December 1989

amended 5 October 2004:- Explanatory note to order 2004 No. 2395 Northumberland: first designated, along with other wrecks on the Goodwin Sands, 7 July 1981 (S.I. 1981/827), amended 8 December 1989

amended 5 October 2004:- Explanatory note to order 2004 No. 2395 St Anthony: first designated 15 February 1982, amended 21 September 2006:- Schiedam: designated 15 February 1982 Brighton Marina: designated 18 October 1983, revoked 18 August 2017. The designation was deemed no longer appropriate because recent investigations indicated that the protected area only contained a debris trail from a wreck site outside the protected area, and that the debris trail was no longer present.

Yarmouth Roads: first designated 11 April 1984, amended 1 January 1985 Studland Bay: first designated 27 November 1984, amended 14 December 1988:-

amended 10 August 1998 Admiral Gardner: first designated 3 June 1985, however the designation was challenged on the grounds that it lay outside the UK's 3 mile limit. Following the extension of the UK's territorial waters to 12 miles, the wrecksite was redesignated 3 January 1990

and amended 5 October 2004:- Explanatory note to order 2004 No. 2395 22 September Hazardous: first designated 1986 amended 18 March 1988 and redesignated 18 August 2017. Coordinates amended 6 June 2022:-

Coronation (no. 2): designated 3 January 1989:-

: Iona II: first designated 3 January 1990:-

amended 7 June 2006:- Explanatory note to order 2006 No. 1468 The first attempt at amendment in 2006, Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 1340 was incorrect and revoked Gull Rock: designated 14 March 1990:- Wrangles Palais: first designated 18 August 1990:-

amended 10 January 1991:- Erme Estuary: designated 3 May 1991:-

Smalls Reef: first designated 5 December 1991:- amended 9 October 1995:-

Duart Point: designated 15 May 1992 Girona: designated 22 April 1993

Royal Anne Galley: first designated 11 November 1993 amended 7 June 2006

The first attempt at amendment in 2006, Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 1342 was incorrect and revoked Erme Ingot: designated 26 November 1993 Dunwich Bank: first designated 14 July 1994

amended 5 October 2004 Resurgam: designated 4 July 1996

Hanover: designated 19 July 1997, revoked and redesignated 2 June 2022 to amend coordinates

Seaton Carew: designated 8 August 1997

Salcombe Cannon: designated 24 October 1997 HMS A1: first designated 26 November 1998

amended 5 October 2004 Burntisland: designated 22 February 1999

Loe Bar: designated 14 June 1999 Mingary Castle: designated 19 August 2000

Kinlochbervie: designated 29 June 2001 Colossus (Stern): designated 4 July 2001, redesignated 18 August 2017, revoked and redesignated 6 September 2017 to amend coordinates

HMS Campania: designated 1 December 2001 The Diamond: designated 2 April 2002, the first such designation under devolved powers by the National Assembly for Wales Bonhomme Richard: designated 18 July 2002

Swash Channel: designated 10 December 2004 Holland V: designated 4 January 2005

West Bay: designated 19 July 2005 Resolution: designated 14 June 2006

Rooswijk: designated 18 January 2007, redesignated 23 February 2018

Wheel Wreck: designated 5 April 2007

HMS London: designated 24 October 2008, redesignated 31 July 2012:-

Goodwin and Downs 8: designated 3 August 2012:-

Unknown wooden sailing vessel: designated 31 July 2013:-

Association: designated 21 March 2014:-

HMS A3: designated 21 July 2016:-

SM U-8: designated 21 July 2016:-

Holigost: designated 21 July 2016:-

HMT Arfon: designated 16 August 2016:-

Chesil Beach cannon: designated 18 August 2017:-

UC-70: designated 18 August 2017:-

Unknown vessel: designated 5 July 2019:-

Shingles Bank Wreck NW68: designated 2 June 2022:-