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] Historic England (formerly 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 Environment Scotland, and in Wales by Cadw.

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

Name	Designated [A]		Location	Year wrecked	Authority [B]	National Heritage List for England / Cadw Number
	First	Current
Cattewater Wreck	1973 [A1]	1973	Plymouth	1530	H.E. [B1]	1000065
Mary Rose	1974 [A2]	1974	Portsmouth	1545	H.E. [B1]	1000075
Grace Dieu	1974 [A3]	2016	River Hamble	1436	H.E. [B1]	1000061
VOC Amsterdam	1974 [A4]	1974	Hastings	1749	H.E. [B1]	1000055
Royal Yacht Mary	1974 [A5]	1974	The Skerries, Anglesey	1675	Cadw [B2]	DW3
HMS Assurance/HMS Pomone	1974 [A6]	1998 [A6]	The Needles	1753[C1],1811	H.E. [B1]	1000087
HMS Dartmouth	1974 [A7]	1992 [A7]	Sound of Mull	1690	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
HMS Anne	1974 [A8]	2009 [A8]	Pett Level	1690	H.E. [B1]	1000060
Tearing Ledge Wreck	1975 [A9]	1975	Scillies	1707? [C2]	H.E. [B1]	1000063
Rill Cove Wreck	1976 [A11]	1976	The Lizard	1616? [C3]	H.E. [B1]	1000046
South Edinburgh Channel Wreck	1977 [A13]	1977	Thames Estuary	late 18th century	H.E. [B1]	1000079
Church Rocks Wreck	1977 [A14]	1977	Teignmouth	18th century	H.E. [B1]	1000064
Pwll Fanog Wreck	1978 [A15]	1979 [A15]	Menai Strait	Medieval	Cadw [B2]	DW2
Moor Sand Site	1978 [A16]	1978	Salcombe	Middle Bronze Age	H.E. [B1]	1000050
Coronation (Offshore)	1978 [A17]	1978	Penlee Point, Rame	1691 [C4]	H.E. [B1]	1000069
Langdon Bay Wreck	1978 [A18]	1978	Dover	Middle Bronze Age	H.E. [B1]	1000059
Kennemerland	1978 [A19]	1978	Out Skerries	1664	H.S. [B3]	n.a.
Tal-Y-Bont Wreck	1979 [A20]	1989 [A20]	Cardigan Bay	1677	Cadw [B2]	DW1
HMS Stirling Castle	1980 [A21]	2004 [A21]	Goodwin Sands	1703	H.E. [B1]	1000056
HMS Invincible	1980 [A22]	1980	East Solent	1758	H.E. [B1]	1000052
Bartholomew Ledges Wreck	1980 [A23]	2006 [A23]	Scillies	1597? [C5]	H.E. [B1]	1000066
HMS Restoration	1981 [A24]	2004 [A24]	Goodwin Sands	1703	H.E. [B1]	1000057
HMS Northumberland	1981 [A25]	2004 [A25]	Goodwin Sands	1703	H.E. [B1]	1000058
St Anthony	1982 [A26]	2006 [A26]	Mount's Bay	1527	H.E. [B1]	1000067
HMS Schiedam	1982 [A27]	1982	Gunwalloe Cove	1684	H.E. [B1]	1000049
Yarmouth Roads Wreck	1984 [A29]	1985 [A29]	Yarmouth, Isle of Wight	1567?	H.E. [B1]	1000044
Studland Bay Wreck	1984 [A30]	1998 [A30]	Poole	C 1520	H.E. [B1]	1000045
Admiral Gardner	1985 [A31]	2004 [A31]	Goodwin Sands	1809	H.E. [B1]	1000062
Hazardous	1986 [A32]	2022 [A32]	Bracklesham Bay	1706	H.E. [B1]	1000048
Coronation (Inshore)	1989 [A33]	1989	Penlee Point, Rame	1691 [C4]	H.E. [B1]	1000070
Iona II	1990 [A34]	2006 [A34]	Lundy	1864	H.E. [B1]	1000051
Gull Rock Wreck	1990 [A35]	1990	Lundy	15th/16th century	H.E. [B1]	1000053
Wrangles Palais	1990 [A36]	1991 [A36]	Out Skerries	1687	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
Erme Estuary Wreck	1991 [A37]	1991	Erme Estuary	16th to 18th century	H.E. [B1]	1000071
Smalls Reef Wreck	1991 [A38]	1995 [A38]	Smalls Reef	C 1100	Cadw [B2]	DW4
Duart Point Wreck	1992 [A39]	1992	Sound of Mull	1653	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
Girona	1993 [A40]	1993	Lacada Point	1588	N.I. E.H.S. [B4]	n.a.
HMS Royal Anne Galley	1993 [A41]	2006 [A41]	The Lizard	1721	H.E. [B1]	1000068
Erme Ingot Site	1993 [A42]	1993	Erme Estuary	Unknown, Bronze Age or later	H.E. [B1]	1000054
Dunwich Bank Wreck	1994 [A43]	2004 [A43]	Dunwich	16th century	H.E. [B1]	1000073
Resurgam	1996 [A44]	1996	Rhyl	1880	Cadw [B2]	DW5
Hanover	1997 [A45]	2022 [A45]	Hanover Cove, Cornwall	1763	H.E. [B1]	1000072
Seaton Carew Wreck	1997 [A46]	1997	Seaton Carew	19th century	H.E. [B1]	1000077
Salcombe Cannon Wreck	1997 [A47]	1997	Salcombe	c 1640	H.E. [B1]	1000074
HM Submarine A1	1998 [A48]	2004 [A48]	Bracklesham Bay	1911	H.E. [B1]	1000043
Burntisland Wreck	1999 [A49]	1999	Firth of Forth	1633	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
Loe Bar Wreck	1999 [A50]	1999	Mount's Bay	17th century	H.E. [B1]	1000076
Mingary Castle Wreck	2000 [A51]	2000	Sound of Mull	17th century	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
Kinlochbervie Wreck	2001 [A52]	2001	Kinlochbervie	Early 17th century	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
HMS Colossus (Stern Section)	2001 [A53]	2017	Scillies	1798	H.E. [B1]	1000078
HMS Campania	2001 [A54]	2001	Firth of Forth	November 1918	H.E.S. [B3]	n.a.
The Diamond? [C6]	2002 [A55]	2002	Cardigan Bay	19th century	Cadw [B2]	DW6
USS Bonhomme Richard?	2002 [A56]	2002	Filey Bay	1779	H.E. [B1]	1000080
Swash Channel Wreck	2004 [A57]	2004	Poole	Early 17th century	H.E. [B1]	1000082
Holland V	2005 [A58]	2005	Sussex Coast	1912	H.E. [B1]	1000081
West Bay Wreck	2005 [A59]	2005	West Bay	17th/18th century	H.E. [B1]	1000083
HMS Resolution?	2006 [A60]	2006	Norman's Bay	1703	H.E. [B1]	1000084
Rooswijk	2007 [A61]	2018	Goodwin Sands	1739	H.E. [B1]	1000085
Wheel Wreck	2007 [A62]	2007	Scillies	19th century	H.E. [B1]	1000086
HMS London	2007 [A63]	2012	Thames Estuary	1665	H.E. [B1]	1000088
Goodwins & Downs 8	2012 [A64]	2012	Goodwins and Downs	1650-1750	H.E. [B1]	1401982
Unknown Wreck off Thorness Bay	2013 [A65]	2013	Isle of Wight	19th century	H.E. [B1]	1402103
HMS Association	2014 [A66]	2014	Isles of Scilly	1707	H.E. [B1]	1419276
HMS A3	2016 [A67]	2016	Portland Bill	1912	H.E. [B1]	1422537
SM U-8	2016 [A68]	2016	Folkestone	1915	H.E. [B1]	1430265
Holigost	2016 [A69]	2016	River Hamble	1422	H.E. [B1]	1000061
HMT Arfon	2016 [A70]	2016	St Alban's Head, Dorset	1917	H.E. [B1]	1432595
Chesil Beach cannon	2017 [A71]	2017	Chesil Beach	17th/18th century	H.E. [B1]	1433972
UC-70	2017 [A72]	2017	Whitby	1918	H.E. [B1]	1446103
Eastbourne wreck site	2019 [A73]	2019	Eastbourne	1672[5]	H.E. [B1]	1464317
Shingles Bank wreck NW68	2022 [A74]	2022	Isle of Wight	17th century	H.E. [B1]	1469106
Shingles Bank wreck NW96	2022 [A75]	2022	Isle of Wight	15th/16th century	H.E. [B1]	1469107
Mortar wreck	2022 [A76]	2022	Poole, Dorset	13th century	H.E. [B1]	1474570

De-designations (Section 1)

Name	Designated [A]	Revoked [A]	Location	Year wrecked	Authority [B]
Rhinns of Islay Wreck	1976 [A12]	revoked 1984 [A12]	Islay	18th/19th century	H.E.S. [B3]
Brighton Marina Wreck	1983 [A28]	revoked 2017 [A28]	Brighton	16th century	H.E. [B1]

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 [D]		Location	Year wrecked	Authority [B]
	First	Current
SS Richard Montgomery	1973 [D1]	1973	Thames Estuary	1944	MCA [B5]
SS Castilian	1997 [D3]	1997	Anglesey	1943	MCA [B5]

De-designations (Section 2)

Name	Designated [D]	Revoked [D]	Location	Year wrecked	Authority [B]
MV Braer	1993 [D2]	revoked 1994 [D2]	Shetland Islands	1993	MCA [B5]