The Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (c. 33) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provides protection for designated shipwrecks. Section...
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the form of a salvage award. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency administers Section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, which protects wrecks that are...
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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...
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Archaeology of shipwrecks Wreck diving List of shipwrecks Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 Battle of Jutland Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (UK),...
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MV Braer (category Protected wrecks of Scotland)
impact of the spill had been minimal. A designation under section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act was made on 5 February 1993. This part of the act is used...
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HMY Mary (category Protected wrecks of Wales)
After the passing of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, she was designated as a protected site on 20 January 1974. She was the first of some 27 yachts which...
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SS Castilian (1919) (category Protected wrecks of Wales)
Isle of Anglesey and sank. An exclusion zone under section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 (Prohibition on approaching dangerous wrecks) forbids...
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2005 and investigated by the archaeological contractor for the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in 2006. It still remains unidentified. However it is most likely...
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is occupied as a dwelling, used as a place of worship or protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. A protected historic asset that is occupied...
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Monument National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 20 October 1992...
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this act, but are protected under the Falkland Islands Protection of Wrecks Ordnance 1977. The Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 provides for wrecks to be...
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the site was recommended for designation under the British Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and the site was designated under order No 1. Further recording...
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SS Richard Montgomery (redirect from Doomsday wreck)
Admiralty charts. In 1973, she became the first wreck designated as dangerous under section 2 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. There is an exclusion...
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HMS Coronation (category Protected wrecks of England)
September 1691 and is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. Coronation was...
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Mount Batten (category Geography of Plymouth, Devon)
wreck to be protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. On 16 February 1811, the frigate HMS Amethyst wrecked on the ground near Cony Cliff Rocks...
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June 1902, lost 1912 off the Sussex Coast. Wreck site designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 4 January 2005. Galantin, Ignatius J., Admiral...
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the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, passed in an attempt to preserve British historic wreck sites as part of the maritime heritage. The wreck of Firebrand...
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HMS Association (1697) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
legislation, notably the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, passed in an attempt to preserve British historic wreck sites as part of the maritime heritage....
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wrecks are legally protected from unauthorized salvage or desecration. In the United Kingdom, three Acts protect wrecks: Protection of Wrecks Act 1973:...
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Scheduled monument (redirect from Schedule of Ancient Monuments)
the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, although three maritime sites have been designated as scheduled monuments. In Scotland new powers for protection of the...
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Diamond (1823 ship) (category Protected wrecks of Wales)
in Cardigan Bay. The alleged wreck site was identified in 2000 and was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 on 1 April 2002, the first such...
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Designation (heritage assets) (category Archaeology of the United Kingdom)
would be better. Historic wreck sites are designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 973 and registered by Department of Culture, Media and Sport....
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Mary Rose (category Protected wrecks of England)
site is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 by statutory instrument 1974/55. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England...
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HMS Resolution (1667) (category Protected wrecks of England)
was then in May 2006 made public and given official protection under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, banning unauthorised diving within 100 m, by culture...
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sinking on 19 January 1526. The site is designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. (first report) – a hulk was lost at "Sennar Clyffe by Innyall...
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Planning Act 1990 Construction permit Listed building Scheduled monument National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 Conservation...
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occupied as a dwelling, used as a place of worship or protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. As a rule of thumb, a protected historic asset that...
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Register of Historic Vessels, as are several ferro concrete barges. The remains of the vessels are not covered by the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, as they...
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(England) Register of Parks and Gardens Registered battlefields Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 Heritage at Risk Register Northern Ireland: Both scheduled...
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Genoese carrack wrecked in 1418. Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 Archaeology of shipwrecks List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act Historic England...
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