Notes on Section 1 designations List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act

amended 29 july 1998:-





hms dartmouth: first designated 11 april 1974, original designation revoked after excavation , recovery of finds. site redesignated on 25 june 1992:-






hms anne: first designated 20 june 1974, redesignated 23 march 1992:-






tearing ledge: designated 13 march 1975
hms colossus: designated 12 may 1975, revoked 1984, after believed material had been recovered, note stern discovered later @ different position , 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 site location of multiple wrecks, , there no longer 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): offshore site designated 31 march 1978
langdon bay: designated 26 may 1978
kennermerland: 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 other wrecks on goodwin sands 5 october 2004:-






invincible: designated 30 september 1980
bartholomew ledges: first designated 3 october 1980. amended 2006:-






restoration: first designated, along other wrecks on goodwin sands, 7 july 1981, amended 8 december 1989




amended 5 october 2004:-
statutory instrument 2004 no. 2395 . office of public sector information. retrieved 2006-10-10.  explanatory note order 2004 no. 2395


northumberland: first designated, along other wrecks on goodwin sands, 7 july 1981 (s.i. 1981/827), amended 8 december 1989




amended 5 october 2004:-





st anthony: first designated 15 february 1982, amended 21 september 2006:-






schiedam: designated 15 february 1982
brighton marina: designated 18 october 1983
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, designation challenged on grounds lay outside uk s 3 mile limit.

following extension of uk s territorial waters 12 miles, wrecksite redesignated 3 january 1990



and amended 5 october 2004:-
statutory instrument 2004 no. 2395 . office of public sector information. retrieved 2006-10-10.  explanatory note order 2004 no. 2395


22 september hazardous: first designated 1986 amended 18 march 1988:-






coronation (no. 2): designated 3 january 1989:-






: iona ii: first designated 3 january 1990:-

statutory instrument 1989 no. 2294 . office of public sector information. retrieved 2006-10-19. 
amended 7 june 2006:-
statutory instrument 2006 no. 1468 . office of public sector information. retrieved 2006-10-10.  explanatory note order 2006 no. 1468
the first attempt @ amendment in 2006, statutory instrument 2006 no. 1340 incorrect , 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 @ amendment in 2006, statutory instrument 2006 no. 1342 incorrect , 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






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






hms campania: designated 1 december 2001






diamond: designated 2 april 2002, first such designation under devolved powers national assembly of 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






wheel wreck: designated 5 april 2007














hms london: designated 24 october 2008

















^ protection of wreck designation orders between 1973 , 2005 (pdf). unesco law database. retrieved 2008-11-11. 
^ fenwick, valerie; alison gale (1998). historic shipwrecks: discovered, protected & investigated. tempus publishing. isbn 0-7524-1473-9.