# 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 | Designated | Location | Year wrecked | Authority | National Heritage List for England / Cadw Number |
| Name | First | Current | Location | Year wrecked | Authority | National Heritage List for England / Cadw Number |
| 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 | DW3 |
| HMS Assurance/HMS Pomone | 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 Estuary | late 18th century | H.E. | 1000079 |
| Church Rocks Wreck | 1977 | 1977 | Teignmouth | 18th century | H.E. | 1000064 |
| Pwll Fanog Wreck | 1978 | 1979 | Menai Strait | Medieval | Cadw | DW2 |
| 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 | DW1 |
| 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. | 1000049 |
| Yarmouth Roads Wreck | 1984 | 1985 | Yarmouth, Isle of Wight | 1567? | H.E. | 1000044 |
| Studland Bay Wreck | 1984 | 1998 | Poole | C 1520 | H.E. | 1000045 |
| Admiral Gardner | 1985 | 2004 | Goodwin Sands | 1809 | H.E. | 1000062 |
| Hazardous | 1986 | 2022 | Bracklesham Bay | 1706 | H.E. | 1000048 |
| Coronation (Inshore) | 1989 | 1989 | Penlee Point, Rame | 1691 | H.E. | 1000070 |
| Iona II | 1990 | 2006 | Lundy | 1864 | H.E. | 1000051 |
| Gull Rock Wreck | 1990 | 1990 | Lundy | 15th/16th century | H.E. | 1000053 |
| Wrangles Palais | 1990 | 1991 | Out Skerries | 1687 | H.E.S. | n.a. |
| Erme Estuary Wreck | 1991 | 1991 | Erme Estuary | 16th to 18th century | H.E. | 1000071 |
| Smalls Reef Wreck | 1991 | 1995 | Smalls Reef | C 1100 | Cadw | DW4 |
| Duart Point Wreck | 1992 | 1992 | Sound of Mull | 1653 | H.E.S. | n.a. |
| Girona | 1993 | 1993 | Lacada Point | 1588 | N.I. E.H.S. | n.a. |
| HMS Royal Anne Galley | 1993 | 2006 | The Lizard | 1721 | H.E. | 1000068 |
| Erme Ingot Site | 1993 | 1993 | Erme Estuary | Unknown, Bronze Age or later | H.E. | 1000054 |
| Dunwich Bank Wreck | 1994 | 2004 | Dunwich | 16th century | H.E. | 1000073 |
| Resurgam | 1996 | 1996 | Rhyl | 1880 | Cadw | DW5 |
| Hanover | 1997 | 2022 | Hanover Cove, Cornwall | 1763 | H.E. | 1000072 |
| Seaton Carew Wreck | 1997 | 1997 | Seaton Carew | 19th century | H.E. | 1000077 |
| Salcombe Cannon Wreck | 1997 | 1997 | Salcombe | c 1640 | H.E. | 1000074 |
| HM Submarine A1 | 1998 | 2004 | Bracklesham Bay | 1911 | H.E. | 1000043 |
| Burntisland Wreck | 1999 | 1999 | Firth of Forth | 1633 | H.E.S. | n.a. |
| Loe Bar Wreck | 1999 | 1999 | Mount's Bay | 17th century | H.E. | 1000076 |
| Mingary Castle Wreck | 2000 | 2000 | Sound of Mull | 17th century | H.E.S. | n.a. |
| Kinlochbervie Wreck | 2001 | 2001 | Kinlochbervie | Early 17th century | H.E.S. | n.a. |
| HMS Colossus (Stern Section) | 2001 | 2017 | Scillies | 1798 | H.E. | 1000078 |
| HMS Campania | 2001 | 2001 | Firth of Forth | November 1918 | H.E.S. | n.a. |
| The Diamond? | 2002 | 2002 | Cardigan Bay | 19th century | Cadw | DW6 |
| USS Bonhomme Richard? | 2002 | 2002 | Filey Bay | 1779 | H.E. | 1000080 |
| Swash Channel Wreck | 2004 | 2004 | Poole | Early 17th century | H.E. | 1000082 |
| Holland V | 2005 | 2005 | Sussex Coast | 1912 | H.E. | 1000081 |
| West Bay Wreck | 2005 | 2005 | West Bay | 17th/18th century | H.E. | 1000083 |
| HMS Resolution? | 2006 | 2006 | Norman's Bay | 1703 | H.E. | 1000084 |
| Rooswijk | 2007 | 2018 | Goodwin Sands | 1739 | H.E. | 1000085 |
| Wheel Wreck | 2007 | 2007 | Scillies | 19th century | H.E. | 1000086 |
| HMS London | 2007 | 2012 | Thames Estuary | 1665 | H.E. | 1000088 |
| Goodwins & Downs 8 | 2012 | 2012 | Goodwins and Downs | 1650-1750 | H.E. | 1401982 |
| Unknown Wreck off Thorness Bay | 2013 | 2013 | Isle of Wight | 19th century | H.E. | 1402103 |
| HMS Association | 2014 | 2014 | Isles of Scilly | 1707 | H.E. | 1419276 |
| HMS A3 | 2016 | 2016 | Portland Bill | 1912 | H.E. | 1422537 |
| SM U-8 | 2016 | 2016 | Folkestone | 1915 | H.E. | 1430265 |
| Holigost | 2016 | 2016 | River Hamble | 1422 | H.E. | 1000061 |
| HMT Arfon | 2016 | 2016 | St Alban's Head, Dorset | 1917 | H.E. | 1432595 |
| Chesil Beach cannon | 2017 | 2017 | Chesil Beach | 17th/18th century | H.E. | 1433972 |
| UC-70 | 2017 | 2017 | Whitby | 1918 | H.E. | 1446103 |
| Eastbourne wreck site | 2019 | 2019 | Eastbourne | 1672 | H.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 | Islay | 18th/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 | Designated | Location | Year wrecked | Authority |
| Name | First | Current | Location | Year wrecked | Authority |
| SS Richard Montgomery | 1973 | 1973 | Thames Estuary | 1944 | MCA |
| SS Castilian | 1997 | 1997 | Anglesey | 1943 | MCA |

### De-designations (Section 2)

| Name | Designated | Revoked | Location | Year wrecked | Authority |
| MV Braer | 1993 | revoked 1994 | Shetland Islands | 1993 | MCA |