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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Hatch taken from protected sub


The central bow torpedo tube hatch of the historic submarine Holland V has been illegally removed, English Heritage has reported.

The wreck, which lies in 30m of water six miles off Beachy Head in Sussex, is designated as a protected site under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

It is illegal to dive or interfere with the wreck outside sanctioned diving activities run by the site licencee, Mark Beattie Edwards.

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