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.
2011 Award
2011 Winners
 The AAW award for 2011 was awarded to the Weymouth Lunar Society for their outstanding desk based research on the “Lost torpedoes of Weymouth and Portland”. This project has not only enlightened us with new and exciting information regarding early British torpedoes but also how vital it is to utilize divers and non divers to produce a high quality archaeological report. The judges quoted the project as “thought it was fabulous”, “research quite extraordinary” and “serious contribution to research of torpedoes”.
Weymouth's Errant Torpedoes
2011 Certificate of Merit
 Paul Barnett and “Friends of Purton” have been awarded a certificate of merit for their involvement with “The Arkendale H & Wastedale H Severn and Wye Railway Bridge Disaster”. Those involved have produced an exceptional level of work regarding the promotion of the disaster and protection of the wrecks, and not to mention the memorial for those who lost their lives. We hope this merit will encourage the team to continue their exciting and important research.
Friends of Purton
2011 Certificate of Merit
 The “New Forest National Park Authority” has also been awarded a certificate of merit for their work on the “Underwater Heritage Trail”. They showed good training and utilisation of volunteers and paid staff to achieve a new way for divers and non-divers to learn about dive sites in their local area. The merit was award to the group for its current status and we look forward to hearing and seeing more in 2012.
New Forest National Park Authority
2011 Certificate of Merit
 The final certificate of merit was awarded to the “Southsea Sub-Aqua Club” and their project, “Kedge Hook- HMLCT 427”. The project has been receiving great publicity in the local area and it is showing great promise. Those involved with the adopt a wreck scheme are looking forward to learning more about HMLCT 427 and hope the merit is seen as an extra encouragement to further their work.
Weymouth's Errant Torpedoes
2010 Award
 The AAW Award for 2010 was awarded to Southsea Sub Aqua Club; they are the first dive group to win the award twice in a row. They have been presented with the award for their work on the site ‘Patch’, which is believed to be the Landing Craft LTC (A) 2428. If this is the case it would directly link ‘Patch’ to the ‘Tanks & Bulldozers’ site which the dive group are also involved with. This project is yet again another fine example of the importance of good team work and organizational skills, which Southsea Sub Aqua Club so perfectly executed.
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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