Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1761
DEFENCE
The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2002
Made
9th July 2002
Coming into force
30th September 2002
Whereas it appears to the Secretary of State for Defence (“the Secretary of State”)—
(a) that each vessel identified in article 2 of this Order sank on or after 4th August 1914 while in military service;
(b) that the remains of the vessel known as the U-12, which sank while in service with the armed forces of a country outside the United Kingdom, are in United Kingdom waters;
(c) that each area designated as a controlled site by this Order—
(i) contains a place comprising the remains of, or of a substantial part of, a vessel which sank less than two hundred years ago while in military service; and
(ii) extends no further around that place than appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate for the purpose of protecting or preserving those remains or on account of identifying that place;
(d) that the Crown Estate Commissioners, in whom is vested the area that contains the place comprising the remains of, or of a substantial part of, HMS Royal Oak, do not object to the terms of this Order which affect them,
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986( 1 ) (“the Act”), hereby makes the following Order—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 30th September 2002.
(2) In this Order any reference to a point is a reference to a point given by co-ordinates based on the World Geodetic System 1984.
Designating vessels
2. Each of the following vessels is designated as a vessel to which the Act applies—
(a) the vessel known as the U-12, which sank on or about 5th October 1939;
(b) the vessel known as HMS Gloucester, which sank on or about 22nd May 1941;
(c) the vessel known as HMS Hood, which sank on or about 24th May 1941;
(d) the vessel known as HMS Prince of Wales, which sank on or about 10th December 1941;
(e) the vessel known as HMS Repulse, which sank on or about 10th December 1941; and
(f) the vessel known as RFA Sir Galahad, which sank on or about 25th June 1982.
Designating controlled sites
3. Each of the following areas is designated as a controlled site—
(a) the area within a distance of 100 metres of the point at—
(i) Latitude 51° 25.392' North, Longitude 00° 39.172' East, and
(ii) Latitude 57° 41.244' North, Longitude 04° 05.310' West;
(b) the area within a distance of 200 metres of the point at—
(i) Latitude 50° 18.518' North, Longitude 04° 17.984' West,
(ii) Latitude 55° 37.747' North, Longitude 05° 00.953' West,
(iii) Latitude 58° 55.848' North, Longitude 02° 59.001' West, and
(iv) Latitude 58° 51.400' North, Longitude 03° 06.405' West;
(c) the area within a distance of 300 metres of the point at—
(i) Latitude 53° 05.483' North, Longitude 04° 41.975' West, and
(ii) Latitude 59° 07.065' North, Longitude 03° 23.843' East;
(d) the area within a distance of 400 metres of the point at—
(i) Latitude 49° 50.023' North, Longitude 02° 34,533' West, and
(ii) Latitude 50° 13.179' North, Longitude 03° 04.071' West;
(e) the area within a distance of 750 metres of the point at Latitude 58° 18.467' North, Longitude 02° 28.938' West.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Defence
Under Secretary of State for Defence
9th July 2002
1986 c. 35 . The power to designate any land as, or as part of, a controlled site is exercisable in relation to Crown land as it is exercisable in relation to other land: see section 1(7). The terms “controlled site” and “remains” are defined in section 9(1). Section 9(2) states when a vessel is to be regarded as having been in military service.