HMS Lutine (1779) anchor but no treasure. In 1913 the two bower anchors, carried at the ship's bow, each weighing were recovered and put on display in Amsterdam. Consideration was given by Lloyd's to setting the anchors up as a monument behind the Royal Exchange in place of a statue to Sir Robert Peel, but this was not carried out and only the wooden stocks, marked "Lutine" were forwarded to Lloyd's. Reportedly the outbreak of World War I prevented another salvage attempt. In 1933 an attempt was made to salvage the reported treasure, but was stopped when the salvage bell was wrecked by
HMS Porpoise (1799) fifteen minutes of actual diving. The site is now a protected area with the designation dating to 29 April 1992. Citations References HMS Porpoise (1799) HMS "Porpoise" was a 12-gun sloop originally built in Bilbao, Spain, as the packet ship "Infanta Amelia". On 6 August 1799 HMS "Argo" captured her off the coast of Portugal. "Porpoise" wrecked in 1803 on the North coast of what was then part of the Colony of New South Wales, now called Wreck Reefs, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. "Porpoise" was commissioned in October 1799 under Lieutenant William Scott as a storeship for New