30-01-2017 14:07 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Two charged over items taken from protected WWI wreck

Two men have been charged in connection with the removal of items from the wreck of a Royal Navy battlecruiser sunk by a German U-boat in World War I. John Blight and Nigel Ingram are accused of failing to declare to authorities objects that were taken from HMS Hermes in the Strait of Dover. The wreck was designated a protected site because of the 44 people who died when it sank, but it is well documented on diving websites.
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