“…However, the greatest environmental concern with WWI and Second World War (WWII) wrecks is their fuels and cargoes (Bergstrøm, 2014). Hazardous cargoes include chemical warfare agents, conventional munitions, mercury and, mostly commonly, oil (Alexander, 2019, Bergstrøm, 2014, Forrest, 2015, Masetti and Calder, 2014, Mon ls et al, 2006, NOAA, 2013, Roberts, 2017. There are an estimated 8,569 oil-containing wrecks globally, containing up to 20.4 million tonnes of oil, the majority of which are from WWI and WWII (Michel et al, 2005).…”