[TheBattman]

Gregg Bemis, who bought the remains of the vessel for £1,000 from former partners in a diving business in 1968, has been granted an imaging licence by the Department of the Environment. This allows him to photograph and film the entire structure, and should allow him to produce the first high-resolution pictures of the historic vessel.

Someone please explain how you buy a shipwreck, and then have to get a license from the government to take pictures of what you purchased???

[LAforme2008]

“Someone please explain how you buy a shipwreck, and then have to get a license from the government to take pictures of what you purchased???”

Once again, because the Irish government has declared the shipwreck an archaeological site for preservation of the wreckage and environs.