 Shipwrecks need to be specifically designated, and designation as a protected place applies only to vessels that sank after 4 August 1914 (the date of the United Kingdom's entry into the First World War).The Act makes it an offence to interfere with a protected place, to disturb the site or to remove anything from the site.Divers may visit the site but the rule is "look, don't touch and don't penetrate".