Historic Shipwreck Off Cornwall Damaged by Illegal Fishing

Protected 17th-century shipwreck damaged by fishing pots

Devon and Cornwall Police conducts investigation after divers discover lobster pots illegally attached to vessel

Historic shipwreck off Cornwall damaged by illegal fishing

HMS Coronation sank over 300 years ago and hundreds perished

Police investigate damage caused to wreck sunk in 1691 with loss of 600 lives

The recent investigation found fishing pots placed across the wreck site and the nearby underwater diving trail.

Royal Navy awards contract to survey wreck of HMS Cassandra

A nearly £800,000 contract has been awarded by the Ministry of Defence for a detailed wreck survey of HMS Cassandra, a British light cruiser lost in the Baltic Sea during the closing weeks of the First World War. The £791,667 contract was awarded to Cwaves, a marine services company based in London, to assess the current condition of the shipwreck, which lies at a depth of 95 to 100 metres approximately 36 kilometres west of Vilsandi, Estonia. H…