Month: August 2018

Despite legal protection, the violation of marine graves can hardly be prevented due to a lack of effective supervision. That says extraordinary professor of maritime archaeology André van Holk from the University of Groningen. Not only in the Java Sea, but also in the North Sea and the Wadden Sea, shipwrecks are not safe for wreck divers who regularly violate war graves in search of interesting objects.

Not only in the Java Sea, but also in the Wadden Sea and the North Sea, war graves are being violated on the seabed. That is what researcher Remy Luttik from Groningen says. He recently contacted relatives of British sailors who found their grave in the Dutch coastal waters, because he is worried about the violations of the graves of deceased passengers. In England, the issue leads to much fuss.

Dear sport divers from the Netherlands, (July 3, 2018) The Netherlands has a rich maritime past. The tangible remains of this past are often under water, including in the form of numerous shipwrecks, inside and outside the Netherlands. These wrecks are a source of memory, experience and knowledge. They are often also ecological hot spots. For relatives of people who died at sea, the wreck locations also have a very personal meaning. It is the final resting place of their loved ones.