Desecration of our war graves!

    Nasty disrespectfull B- - - - ds !! .

Well your dealing here with people who have no morals and unless these sites are guarded then sadly there,s very little that can be done.Out of interest what is the situation as regards ownership of such wrecks ??

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From the Telegraph

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission said the wrecks were not official war graves and remained the property of the Crown. The dead are commemorated on Naval memorials in the UK.

Agreed but International Convention has always been that such wrecks are war graves, and as such have been left undisturbed. Until very recently this has been a situation respected by all countries.

TF

I was answering the previous post as regards ownership, not making a point

Byron, I didnt think you were. I was just clarifying my own view.

TF

When I first read about this, I had a mental image of these ships being way below the seas. However, just done a bit of research, and they are infact partially exposed in very shallow seas, only just off a beach. Very easily accessible, and no doubt a serious temptation for those wanting the scrap metal and other resaleable items. They don't appear to be designated war graves, so I wonder if all the bodies had long ago been removed? 

It is a great shame that this can happen. I haven't investigated it so this a general comment. If they are close by countries with extreme poverty put yourself in their position, how would you deal with a resource that could potentially feed your children??  I also feel this when archeological digs find graves and remove the dead and their coffins (one in East Anglia at mo where caskets are hollowed out trees). Slightly different but still disturbing the dead and being disrespectful???

Seems that every generation born now are taught no values or respect for others dead or alive whatsoever,