Application to Designate a Wreck Site

Application to Designate a Site under The Protection of Wrecks Act 1973

Fields marked with an asterisk * are required fields.

1 PERSONAL DETAILS OF APPLICANT

1.1 Title *

First Name *

Surname *

1.2 Address *

1.3 Telephone

Home

Work

2 WRECK LOCATION

2.1 Please give the number of any Admiralty chart for the area which includes the site

2.2 If you can, give the position of the site as either:

Latitude

Longitude

Or Ordinance Survey Grid Reference

It would be helpful if you also enclose a plan with the site position marked on it

3 SITE NAME

3.1 If the wreck has been identified please give the name

Wreck Name

3.2 How confident are you of the indentification?

possible
probable
definite

3.3 If you have any information to support this identification please give a brief summary:

3.4 If you know of any ownership of other claims relationg to the wreck or its contents, please give details:

4 DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE

4.1 Please tick whichever of the following date ranges yu think best fits the wreck:

4.2 Please tick those of the following observed on this site:

4.3 Would you describe the wreck as:

Well Preserved
Poorly Preserved
Buried in Sediment
Scattered

4.5 Please give details of objects removed from the site and state whether these have been reported to the Reciever of Wreck:

Objects Removed:

4.6 Has any work been carried out on the wreck site, to your knowledge by:

Casual Diving with possible disturbance
Survey
Excavation or Salvage
Other

5 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WRECK

5.1 Why do you think the site is of sufficient importance to be designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973

6 POSSIBLE THREATS TO THE SITE

6.2 If there is any immediate threat to the site, please give details:

7 FURTHER ASSESSMENT OF THE SITE

Further assessment may be needed before the wreck is designated and the following information would help nautical archaeologists working for the Secretary of State to carry out their assessment.

7.1 If you would like to be present during a further assessment of the site, could you be available, by arrangement:

On weekdays ony
On weekends only
On either

7.2 Please give the following environmental information

The maximum depth likely to be found on the site:

The minimum depth likely to be found on the site

Is the surface swell noticeable on the seabed?

What is the likely average underwater visibility

Less than 1m
5m
10m
More than 10m

7.3 If current can interfere with diving on the site it would be helpful to have the following information

Hours after high water it is best to start diving:

Maximum available time on spring tides:

Maximum available time on neap tides:

7.4 Do you think the seabed around the site changes frequently owing to storm action etc?

7.5 Is there a time of year when diving conditions on site are often at their best and, if so, when is that?