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I am led to believe that in the 1950's the British Government sold the wrecks to a German Salvage Co of Stahl and Eisen. The Aboukir was blasted to pieces and scrap salvage was landed in Holland.
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I'm a little surprised at this; normally the British government are quite protective of war grave shipwrecks. For instance, diving on the wreck of "Royal Oak" is prohibited. Maybe it was because of an outcry over the Aboukir incident that they are now protected.
Funnily enough I was just looking at a thread on the loss of these vessels on the Great War Forum
Broad Fourteen - Great War Forum
This contains first-hand accounts by the Chaplain on
Cressy and by KptLt Otto Weddingen of U9. I should take the details of both accounts with a slight pinch of salt, for different reasons!