 There are currently (2011) 61 historic protected wreck sites designated in the UK, although this is only a tiny fragment of the wrecks that are known to exist.There are 46 in English and Welsh waters and fifteen in Scottish waterseight of these are designated under the 1973 Act, whilst the remains of the German High Seas Fleet are protected under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.There is a searchable list of all protected wreck sites in England available online using the National Heritage List for England.