WITH so many shipwrecks littering the seabed around Britain, maritime
archaeology is vital for preserving this part of our heritage. I went to talk
about this pressing subject with Arts Minister Alan Haworth, accompanied by
Eddie O’Hara, MP for Knowsley South and an Oxford classical scholar. It seems,
however, that the responsibility for naval wrecks falls on the Ministry of
Defence. So we asked junior defence minister Lewis Moonie what was being done to
encourage sports divers to safeguard and respect these wrecks.
Moonie agreed that sports divers play a key part in protecting our maritime
heritage. With representatives of…
