Trawlers are 'destroying history on the seabed'

The chains and cables used by commercial fishing ships are wrecking British shipwrecks.

Investigations using robot submarines have revealed that serious damage has been inflicted on vast numbers of the 32,000 pre-1945 ships whose wrecks litter Britain’s coastal waters. Examples include the recently discovered 18th-century warship HMS Victory, which led Britain’s fleet before Nelson’s flagship of the same name. In 1744, Victory sank with all hands near the Channel Islands. Cannon hauled from the wreck showed it had suffered severe damage from trawlers.

Oops, your title seems to link to itself rather than to the target URL (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/22/marine-archaeology-sunken-ships).

Fixed now. Thanks!