Annual awards
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. The
award is supported by PADI, BSAC, SAA and the Receiver of Wreck. Representatives from these organisations form a panel who judge the entries for the award.
2010 Award
Entries are now invited for the 2010 Adopt-a-Wreck Award from all participant groups and individuals. For more information on the award criteria and the 2010 application form please follow the link below. Completed applications should be sent to the NAS Office and should be recieved by Wednesday 1st September 2010. The winner of the 2010 Award will be invited to speak at the NAS Conference being held at Portsmouth University on Saturday 6th November 2010.
Adopt a Wreck 2010 Entry Form
2009 Winner: The Tanks and Bulldozers Site
The 2009 AaW was presented to Alison Mayor and the Southsea Sub Aqua Club for their work on the Tanks & Bulldozers 'Sleeping Centaurs' site off the south coast of England. This project to record and identify the vehicles was a fantastic team effort involving team training and implementation, research and mapping, community outreach and great media interest which truly role modelled diving with a purpose.
The Sleeping Centaurs 
2008 Winner: Rosevear Ledges Western Rocks
In 2008 the AaW Award was presented to Ed Cumming and Todd Stevens of the Islands Maritime Archaeology Group for their work on the Rosevear Ledge Site. Work was carried out on the site to try to positively identify the site as that of the Nancy packet. This was done through historical research and visits to the site. The results of the research have been published in an historical fiction book and as a CD Rom.
The 'Nancy' Packet
2007 Winner: The Purton Hulks
In 2007 the AaW Award was presented to Paul Barnett for his work on the Purton Hulks. Paul has adopted all 80 of the hulks which are located along the banks of the river Severn between Purton and Sharpness. He has carried out intensive historical research combined with archaeological surveys of the remaining hulks assisted by the Friends of Purton and the NAS. Paul offers guided walks of the site which offer a unique insight into the past of these vessels. For more information on the Purton Hulks please visit the Friends of Purton Website:
www.friendsofpurton.org.uk
2006
In 2006 the Adopt a Wreck award was not awarded. However Certificates of Merit were presented to: Millenium Divers Dorset for their work on the Unknown Coaster, Portland Harbour and to the Islands Maritime Archaeology Group for their work on the Unknown Wreck, Crim Reef.
2005 Winner: The Earl of Abergavenny
In 2005 the AaW Award was presented to the Weymouth Lunar Society for their work on the site of the Earl of Abergavenny in Weymouth Bay. The project aimed to record and monitor the site and to undertake a commemorative and outreach programme to divers and the general public to coincide with the 200th Anniversary of the sinking of the Earl of Abergavenny. For more information please visit the weymouth diving website:
The Earl of Abergavenny
2004 winner: M. Y. Alastor
The 2004 AaW Award was won by the Queen's University Belfast Sub-Aqua Club
(QUBSAC) for their investigation of the Alastor, a steel-hulled luxury motor
yacht that sank in 1948. The work included survey and historical research that was able to correctly identify this site which had previously been known as the Alisdair
Queen's University Belfast Sub Aqua Club
2003 winner: The 'Inner and Outer' wreck sites, Gibraltar Harbour.
The first annual AaW award was won by the Joint Services
Dive Club and the Gibraltar Museum's Underwater Research Unit for their
work the 'Inner and Outer' wreck sites, located
off the detached breakwater (mole), Gibraltar Harbour. Work was carried out to try and identify the sites and determine if they are the remains of one vessel or two.
The 'inner and outer' wreck sites
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