Teresa and I recently holidayed briefly in St Leonards. Whilst there we visited The Shipwreck Museum, in Hastings.
A film was showing, which, it turned out, featured parts (maybe the whole?) of an episode from a BBC TV series called Chronicle, pertaining to the discovery and exploration of the wreck of The Amsterdam, nearby.
Wrecks weren’t as well protected legally then as they are now. Which was an issue the archaeologist on Chronicle talked about.
This is an interesting article on a full-sized replica of The Amsterdam, which resides at a mooring alongside the Dutch National Maritime Museum.
Chronicle sounds terrific. Here’s a link to a BBC page about it.