Adopt-a-Wreck
The Adopt-a-wreck scheme is part of the wider Dive with a Purpose initiative introduced in 2000 and received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund through the Diving into History Project.
The scheme aims to develop a sense of ownership and stewardship for the coastal and underwater cultural heritage by encouraging individuals, groups and clubs to adopt maritime sites. Each year those who have adopted and carried out work on a site are encouraged to submit this for the annual Adopt-a-Wreck Award
While the title suggests a shipwreck,
and it is commonly dive clubs that carry out adoption projects, neither is a
requirement. On land there is a range of harbour works and buildings
with nautical connections, coastal habitations, hulks and other sea
wrack of archaeological interest. Going back further in time to the
ice age, much of the North Sea and the English Channel were dry land -
now it is underwater archaeology...
Over 100 sites have currently been adopted under the scheme, both in the UK and overseas. If you, your group or club have a site that you visit reguarly and would like to take your work on that site further and contribute to our knowledge of maritime sites, by adopting the site, please fill in the form
below:
Wreck adoption
form
The annual Adopt a
wreck award is made to the person or group that has made
the most significant contribution to maritime archaeology and
research through the adoption process.
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