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Recently found HMCS Mermaid is protected
The 180-year-old shipwreck found two weeks ago on the Great Barrier Reef has been declared a protected zone by the federal government.
The Australian National Maritime Museum
Expedition team members from the ANMM recording artefacts before recovery on HMCS Mermaid site.
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Australia's Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett declared the wreck's resting place a protected zone under the Historic Shipwrecks Act of 1976. The declaration prohibits disturbance, damage or removal of the wreck and its relics.
HMCS Mermaid ran aground and was wrecked on an unidentified reef on 13 June 1829. The captain and crew took to the ship's boats and were rescued 11 days later by a passing merchant ship, the Admiral Gifford.
The 21-metre wooden vessel was already well known in Australian waters, having circumnavigated the continent on a voyage of exploration under the command of Lieutenant Philip Parker King RN.
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