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Three Exceptionally Rare Shipwrecks Off the Dorset Coast and the Isle of Wight Granted Highest Protection

The oldest known protected wreck in English waters with hull remains visible and the discovery of previously unrecorded wreck sites of pre-1700 ships. ....

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Two Mystery 19th century Merchant Shipwrecks Granted Protection

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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
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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 ....

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