questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with defence partners on sovereign immunity of historic shipwrecks.
answerText: As a matter of customary international law, all naval warships, state vessels and associated artefacts are afforded protection through the principle of Sovereign Immunity. The UK is of the view that, unless expressly relinquished or abandoned by the Flag ...
heading: Wrecks: International Cooperation