The Wreck
of the 'Anne' 1690
- Location
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Lat/Long: 50° 53' 24" N 00° 41' 54" E
Description: Pett Level, near Cliff End, Rye Bay, East Sussex
- Access restrictions
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Restrictions: An area within 75m radius of National Grid Reference Co-ordinate 896135 on Ordnance Survey Map TQ81/91, scale 1:25000 or position 50° 53.42' N., 00° 41.91' E. Chart affected: 536.
This site is a designated Historic Wreck under the Protection of Wrecks Act, 1973
- Notes
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This wreck, believed to be the British warship Anne, was designated
as a Protected Site after attempts to loot the site in 1974. The Anne, a 70 gun ship-of-the-line launched in 1678 at Chatham, formed an important part of Pepys' Restoration Navy but was lost after the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690. A brief archaeological survey in 1974 demonstrated that a significant portion of the lower part of the hull survives.
ADU designation: March 23, 1992; 1992 No. 1; 1992/347; Original Designation Order (June 20, 1974; 1974 No. 7; 1974/910) revoked and re-designated as above to correct an error in position.
ADU licences: 1974-5 survey.
- References
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- Marsden, P., 1984, The wreck of the Anne (1690). MM 70.4: 387-8.
- Marsden, P. & Lyon, D., 1977, A wreck believed to be the warship Anne, lost in 1690. IJNA 6.1: 9- 20.
- McDonald, K., 1983, At last, a plan to pull the Anne out of the soup. Diver 28.8: 44-5.
- Information provided by
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The Archaeological Diving Unit