Protection of the 10 new sites will come into force on 1 May. The designations have been made under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, at Protected Place level.
This means that the sites can be visited on a look-but-don't-touch basis. However, most of the wrecks lie deep enough to mean that the designations are mainly of relevance to the deepwater technical diving community.
The MoD has not provided positions of the sites named.
The newly designated wrecks are:
HMS Amphion, WW1, North Sea. Cruiser, sunk in 40m outside UK waters. 169 lives lost.
Atlantic Conveyor, Falklands Conflict, South Atlantic. Merchantman requisitioned for aircraft transport, 12 lost.
HMS Curacao, WW2, Atlantic. Cruiser, sunk in 122m. 338 lost.
HMS Delight, WW2, off Portland. Destroyer, sunk in 55m. 19 lost.
HMS Ghurka, WW1, off Dungeness. Destroyer, sunk in 31m, 75 lost.
HMS Loyalty, WW2, off Nab Light. Minesweeper, sunk in 49m, 20 lost.
HMS L24, 1924, off Portland. Submarine, sunk on exercise in 51m, 36 lost.
HMS Penylan, WW2, English Channel. Destroyer, sunk in 66m, 38 lost.
SS Storaa, WW2, off Hastings. Armed, escorted merchantman, sunk in 30m, 21 lost. Court hearings concluded that the wreck was covered under military remains legislation.
U714, WW2, near Firth of Forth. German submarine, sunk in 60m, 50 lost.
The latest designations add to a list of 48 other wrecks designated as protected sites under the Military Remains legislation, either as Protected Places or as Controlled Sites, where approach to the site is banned outright.
A full list of sites protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 can be seen at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency website, www.mcga.gov.uk
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