Hulks and Foreshore Wrecks
As well as having many shipwrecks underwater around Plymouth, there are a large number of ships abandoned on the foreshore, often known as 'hulks'. This research is a collaboration between The SHIPS Project and C. John Cotton from his record of these hulks in the 1980s and our many contributors are acknowledged on the individual pages and photographs.
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Hulk Map Areas
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| Tamar | 7 hulks | River Tamar, River Tavy and Tamerton Lake areas, plus Calstock |
| Lynher | 5 hulks | Lynher River area |
| Forder | 11 hulks | Forder and Antony Passage areas |
| Hamoaze | 10 hulks | Lower Tamar, Hamoaze, Torpoint, Stonehouse, Millbay and Drakes Island areas |
| Plym | 18 hulks | River Plym, Cattewater, Cattedown and Oreston areas |
| Hooe Lake | 21 hulks | Hooe Lake ships graveyard |
| Whitsand | 4 hulks | Whitsand Bay, Freathy, Tregantle area |
| Yealm | 3 hulks | Andurn Point, River Yealm, Wembury and Newton Ferrers areas |
| Total | 79 hulks |
List of Hulk and Wreck Names
| Name | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Rooker | Hooe Lake, West | Ketch built in 1876 [not present, see notes] |
| Alice | Hooe Lake, North | Steamship, possibly the tug Alice |
| Amazon | Hooe Lake, West | Ketch built in 1866 |
| Anje | Pomphlett Lake | French fishing boat built in 1968 |
| Anna II | Off Torpoint | Ex-Belgian pilot boat built in 1950 |
| Antelope | Laira | Brixham trawler built in 1906 |
| Arthur | Hooe Lake, East | Timber lighter, date unknown |
| Bertie | Hooe Lake, East | Thames barge built in 1901 |
| Bertie | Hooe Lake, North | Tamar barge built in 1883 |
| Boy Eric | Forder, under bridge | Trawler, built 1921 |
| Bulla | Hooe Lake, West | Jersey topsail schooner built in 1873 |
| Cattedown 1 | Cattedown | Steel barge, unknown date |
| Chancellor | Treninnow Beach | Steam trawler built in 1901 |
| Charles Leake II | Hooe Lake, North | 65ft Admirlaty MFV |
| Cornubia | Hooe Lake, East | Millbrook steam ferry [possible] |
| Coronella | Hooe Lake, off Hooe Quay | Ketch, unknown |
| Cretabode | St John's Lake | WW1 Concrete barge |
| Cruden Bay | Carbeile Creek | Wooden steam tug built in 1899 |
| Daisy | Freathy | Steam coaster built in 1872 |
| Dolphin | Hooe Lake, North | Schooner |
| Drakes Island Barge | Drakes Island, South | Unknown |
| Emma Christ | Tregantle Beach | Ex-Admiralty MFV then diving tender |
| Edwin | Pomphlett Lake | Tamar barge built in Cattedown in 1880 |
| Harbour Launches | Hooe Lake, East | Two harbour launches built in 1947 |
| Harry Herbert | Sand Acre Bay | Schooner, built in 1860 |
| Hooe Boatyard | Hooe Lake | Collection of hulks |
| Hooe Lake 1 | Hooe Lake, East | Fishing boat |
| Hooe Lake 2 | Hooe Lake, East | Fibreglass boat |
| Hooe Lake 3 | Hooe Lake, East | Large vessel, possible schooner |
| Hooe Lake 4 | Hooe Lake, East | Possible Tamar barge |
| Hooe Lake 5 | Hooe Lake, South | Unknown |
| Hooe Lake 6 | Hooe Lake, off Hooe Quay | Unknown |
| Hopper Barge | Torpoint | Unknown timber hopper barge in the Ballast Pond |
| Laira 1 | Laira | Small steel boat, date unknown |
| Laira, others | Laira | Unknown vessels and remains at Laira |
| Laira Bridge 1 & 2 | Laira Bridge | Steel barge and Unknown |
| Landing Craft | Forder | WWII Landing craft damaged before D-Day |
| La Petite Stephanie | Sutton Harbour | Guernsey fishing boat built in 1956 |
| Leader | Hooe Lake | Turnchapel pilot cutter built in 1867 |
| Lord John Roberts | Forder | Sailing barge, built ~1900 |
| Lotus Bleu | Pomphlett | French crabber / trawler built in 1967 |
| Lynher | Poldrissick, Refloated | Tamar barge built in 1891 |
| Lynher 1 | Poldrissick | Unknown |
| Maggie Annie | Treluggan | Ketch built in 1881 |
| Maline | Kingsmill Lake | Danish fishing ketch built in 1912 |
| Master Hand | Torpoint | Trawler, built in Rye in 1920 |
| Merganser | Hole's Hole | Yacht, built in 1887 |
| Mill Pond 1 | Antony Passage mill pond | Unknown |
| Millbay Pontoon | Millbay | Pontoon built by Brunel for Millbay Docks |
| Millom Castle | Poldrissick | Schooner built in 1870 |
| NS660 and barge | Sutton Harbour | Unknown barges |
| Ocean Maid | Laira | Scottish fishing boat built in 1967 |
| Oreston 1 & 2 | Oreston, Bayly's Wharf | Steel barges |
| Paris' Pinnace | Sand Acre Bay | Pinnace from the WWII French battleship Paris |
| Patrina | Sutton Harbour | Former RN steam pinnace |
| Pearl | Hooe Lake, East | Tamar barge built in 1840 [possible] |
| Picket Boat | Antony Passage | RN Picket boat, date unknown |
| Plym | Cattedown | Dredger broken up at Cattedown |
| Pomphlett 1 | Pomphlett Lake | Unknown fishing boat |
| Prince Rock 1 | Laira | Unknown timber vessel |
| Reine des Flots | Carbeile Wharf | French trawler used as the foundation for a wharf |
| Roger | Hooe Lake, East | Houseboat, ex-trawler built in 1947 |
| Saltash | Tamerton Lake | Tamar barge launched in 1864 |
| Sand Acre Bay 1 | Sand Acre Bay | Unknown, possibly a sailing barge |
| Stonehouse 1 | Stonehouse | Unknown hulk off Stonehouse |
| Swift | Turnchapel | Passenger ferry built in 1877 |
| Tamerton 1 | Tamerton Lake | Unknown |
| Tamerton 2 | Tamerton Lake | Unknown |
| Target Barges | Antony Passage | Target barges, date unknown |
| Target Floats | Sand Acre Bay | Steel towed target floats |
| Tavy | Sutton Harbour | Smack built in 1889 |
| Triumph | Poldrissick | Tamar barge built in Plymouth in 1899 |
| Two Brothers | Hooe Lake, East | Dutch barge |
| Vectis | Andurn Point | Steamship launched in 1877 |
| Wendew | Hooe Lake, East | Brixham trawler built in 1912 |
| Whitsand 2 | Tregantle Beach | Unknown timber vessel |
| YMS-378 | Stonehouse | D-Day veteran minesweeper broken up at Stonehouse |
Notes about people who undertook previous work on this subject can be found here.
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