[uglybiker]

Gregg Bemis, who bought the remains of the vessel for £1,000 from former partners in a diving business in 1968, has been granted an imaging licence by the Department of the Environment.

If it's his, why does he have to get permission to take pictures of it?

[Truth29]

“If it’s his, why does he have to get permission to take pictures of it?”

I would ask the same question, but I suspect the answer is the government wouldn’t get any money if they just let people have free access to their own property.

[LAforme2008]

“If it’s his, why does he have to get permission to take pictures of it?”

Because the Irish government claimed the wreck as an archaeological site to protect it from the scavengers that had been diving to her and removing relics, as well as various naval entities that had been using her for target practice over the years.