Tag: Historic England
Protected Wreck Association awarded £29,000 grant from Historic England
Historic England has awarded a £29,000 grant to the Protected Wreck Association to support volunteer licensed divers.
The Protected Wreck Association, in partnership with MSDS...
Artefacts, including from the Rooswijk, to be X-rayed to reveal their secrets
The X-ray and analysis of aretefacts, including those recovered from historic shipwrecks such as the Rooswijk, will take a major leap forward thanks to...
Pre-World War One German ‘ironclad’ – and its memorial – granted protection
The wreck of a pre-World War One German 'ironclad', SMS Grosser Kurfürst, which sank off the Kent coast in 1878, along with a Folkestone...
Historic England announces protection for dock linked to Darwin’s HMS Beagle
The remains of a rare 19th century dock, built to accommodate HMS Beagle when it was serving as a Coastguard Watch Vessel in Essex,...
US landing ships involved in D-Day rehearsals gain protection
Two American amphibian landing ships that were involved in the ill-fated Exercise Tiger rehearsals off Slapton Sands in Devon, just weeks before D-Day on...
Pre-World War One battleship HMS Montagu granted protection
The wreck of the pre-World War One battleship HMS Montagu, and a series of steps that were cut into the cliff face on Lundy Island...
Paddle steamer with colourful gun-running history granted heritage protection
The wreck of a 19th century paddle steamer, which was on its maiden voyage to run guns and supplies for the Confederate Forces of the...
New Underwater Trail for Divers on Protected Wreck in Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight
Thorness Bay wreck located off the coast of the Isle of Wight has been opened up for visiting divers with the creation of an...
3D Virtual Tour – London Protected Wreck Site
For the first time, non-divers can explore the protected historic wreck site of the 350 year old warship the London – one of England’s...
3D virtual ‘dive tour’ of Protected Wreck SM U8
For the first time, non-divers can explore the protected historic wreck site of the U8, one of the Imperial German Navy’s first U-boats. Historic...
Scuba Diver Articles
PADI and GoPro launch Underwater Selfie Day
PADI and GoPro are teaming up to rally people around the world to dive in and make a statement for ocean conservation with the...
