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Sailing ships at Gloucester Docks, similar to GAD23 which sank off Goodwin Sands, Kent and WA08 which sank in the Thames Estuary, Essex
© Historic England Archive CC53/00092
Two Mystery 19th century Merchant Shipwrecks Granted Protection
Published 4 February 2021
Two mystery well-preserved shipwrecks which were involved in day-to-day merchant trading in slate and coal by river and sea in England in the mid-to-late 19th century have been granted protection by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England. The precise identity of the wrecks is not yet known.
The two wooden cargo vessels, known as GAD23 off Goodwin Sands in Kent and WA08 in the Thames Estuary in Essex, have been protected by scheduling which means recreational divers can dive them but their contents are protected by law and must remain in situ. GAD23 is also known as the
Hamilton said that compared with some shipwrecks the vessels were quite mundane. “But that is part of their interest. Almost like a vernacular maritime architecture, these would have been really common in the late 19th century. And there are very, very, few of them surviving today.
“They’re both part of one of the largest industries in the UK – maritime transportation – and there’s really not very much surviving of that fleet. So these are rare examples of what was once a very common sight.”
Apart from losing their masts, both ships were in an excellent state of preservation, he said. Each had retained its bowsprit, the long wooden spar at the front of the vessel to which foremast ropes would have been tied.