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	12 hulks	River Tamar, River Tavy and Tamerton Lake areas, plus Calstock
Lynher	5 hulks	Lynher River area, Poldrissick, Treluggan
Forder	11 hulks	Forder and Antony Passage areas
Hamoaze	15 hulks	Lower Tamar, Hamoaze, Torpoint, Stonehouse, Millbay and Drakes Island areas
Plym	21 hulks	River Plym, Cattewater, Cattedown and Oreston areas
Hooe Lake	34 hulks	Hooe Lake, a ships graveyard
Whitsand	4 hulks	Whitsand Bay, Freathy, Tregantle area
Yealm	4 hulks	Andurn Point, River Yealm, Wembury and Newton Ferrers areas
Total	106 hulks

List of Hulk and Wreck Names

Name	Location	Date	Description
Acacia	Hooe Boatyard, East	Unknown	Fishing boat
Alfred Rooker	Hooe Lake, East	1876	Ketch
Alice	Hooe Lake, North	1868	Steam tug
Amazon	Hooe Lake, West	1866	Ketch
Anje	Pomphlett Lake	1968	French fishing vessel
Anna II	Off Torpoint	1950	Ex-Belgian pilot boat
Antelope	Laira	1906	Brixham trawler
Arthur	Hooe Lake, East	Unknown	Timber lighter
August Smith	Wembury	1881	Barque
Baltic Surveyor	Oreston	1943	WWII German torpedo boat, converted
Batten Bay 1	Mount Batten	Unknown	Unknown
Beatrice Maud	Treluggan	1910	Thames sailing barge
Bertie	Hooe Lake, East	1901	Thames sailing barge
Bertie	Hooe Lake, North	1883	Tamar sailing barge
Bon Ami	Hooe Boatyard, East	1957	Scottish fishing vessel
Boy Eric	Forder, under bridge	1921	Fishing vessel
Budeaux 2	St Budeaux Wharf	Unknown	Timber vessel, unknown
Budeaux 3	St Budeaux Wharf	Unknown	Motor fishing vessel, unknown
Budeaux Barge	St Budeaux Wharf	WWII	Ammunition barge, WWII
Bulla	Hooe Lake, West	1873	Jersey topsail schooner
Calstock	Calstock	Unknown	Pirate ship, punts and barges
Cattedown 1	Cattedown	Unknown	Steel barge
Chancellor	Treninnow Beach	1901	Steam trawler
Charles Leake II	Hooe Lake, North	1946	Motor fishing vessel, 65ft Admiralty
Cornubia	Hooe Lake, East	1896	Millbrook steam ferry
Coronella	Hooe Lake, off Hooe Quay	Unknown	Ketch
Cretabode	St John's Lake	1918	Concrete barge
Cruden Bay	Carbeile Creek	1899	Wooden steam tug
Daisy	Freathy	1872	Steam coaster
Dignity	Hooe Boatyard, East	Unknown	French fishing vessel
Dolphin	Hooe Lake, North	Unknown	Schooner
Drakes Island Barge	Drakes Island, South	Unknown	Unknown
Emma Christ	Tregantle Beach	Unknown	Ex-Admiralty MFV then diving tender
Edwin	Pomphlett Lake	1880	Tamar sailing barge
Elizabeth Jane	Antony Passage	Unknown	Tamar sailing barge
Excelsior	Sand Acre Bay	1875	Schooner
Flete Lady	Hooe Boatyard, West	1958	Fishing vessel built in Plymouth
Floralie	Hooe Boatyard, West	1977	French fishing vessel
Fowey No. 2	Carbeile Wharf	Unknown	Timber barge
George Murray	Forder	Unknown	Sailing barge?
Happy Venture	Hooe Lake, off Hooe Quay	1953	Salcombe crabber
Harry Herbert	Sand Acre Bay	1860	Schooner
Harbour Launches	Hooe Lake, East	1947	Two harbour launches
High Speed Launch	Polbathic Lake	1940s	RAF High Speed Launch
Hooe Boatyard	Hooe Lake	-	Many hulks on the south side of Hooe Lake
Hooe Lake 1	Hooe Lake, East	Unknown	Fishing vessel
Hooe Lake 2	Hooe Lake, East	Unknown	Fibreglass and timber boat
Hooe Lake 3	Hooe Lake, East	Unknown	Large vessel, possible schooner
Hooe Lake 4	Hooe Lake, East	Unknown	Tamar sailing barge?
Hooe Lake 5	Hooe Lake, South	Unknown	Unknown
Hooe Lake 8	Hooe Boatyard, East	Unknown	Yacht, unknown
Hooe Lake 9	Hooe Boatyard, East	Unknown	Fishing boat, unknown
Hooe Lake 10	Hooe Boatyard, East	Unknown	Steel barge
Hooe Lake 11	Hooe Boatyard, West	Unknown	Small steel tug
Hopper Barge	Torpoint	Unknown	Unknown hopper barge in the Ballast Pond
Jade	Hooe Boatyard, East	Unknown	Motor Launch
Karen Marie	St Budeaux Wharf	Unknown	Motor fishing vessel
Laira 1	Laira	Unknown	Small steel boat, date unknown
Laira Bridge 1 & 2	Laira Bridge	Unknown	Steel barge and Unknown
Landing Craft	Forder	1940	WWII Landing craft damaged before D-Day
La Petite Stephanie	Sutton Harbour	1956	Guernsey motor fishing vessel
Leader	Hooe Lake	1867	Turnchapel pilot cutter
Lively	Blagdon's Yard, Crabtree	1892	Passenger ferry
Lord John Roberts	Forder	Unknown	Sailing barge?
Lotus Bleu	Pomphlett	1967	French crabber / trawler
Lynher	Poldrissick, Refloated	1891	Tamar sailing barge
Maggie Annie	Treluggan	1881	Ketch
Maline	Kingsmill Lake	1912	Danish fishing ketch
Master Hand	Torpoint	1920	Trawler, built in Rye
Merganser	Hole's Hole	1887	Yacht
Millbay Pontoon	Millbay	1852	Pontoon built by Brunel for Millbay Docks
Millbrook 1	Millbrook Lake	Unknown	Unknown steel vessel
Millom Castle	Poldrissick	1870	Schooner
NS660 and barge	Sutton Harbour	Unknown	Unknown barges
Ocean Maid	Laira	1967	Scottish motor fishing vessel
Oreston 1 & 2	Oreston, Bayly's Wharf	Unknown	Steel barges
Other Hooe Lake Hulks	Hooe Lake	Unknown	Other vessels in Hooe Lake
Other Plym Hulks	Cattewater, Laira	Unknown	Other vessels in the Plym and Laira
Paris' Pinnace	Sand Acre Bay	Unknown	Pinnace from the WWII French battleship Paris
Patrina	Sutton Harbour	1900	Admiralty steam pinnace
Pearl	Hooe Lake, East	1840	Tamar sailing barge
Plough	Millbrook Lake	1934	Motor fishing vessel
Plym	Cattedown	Unknown	Dredger broken up at Cattedown
Pomphlett 1	Pomphlett Lake	Unknown	Unknown fishing boat
Prince Rock 1	Laira	Unknown	Unknown timber vessel
Rapid	Hooe Lake	Unknown	Steam passenger ferry
Reine des Flots	Carbeile Wharf	Unknown	Trawler used as the foundation for a wharf
Reynolds Lighter	St Budeaux Wharf	Unknown	Steel sewage lighter
Roger	Hooe Lake, East	1947	Houseboat, ex-Belgian trawler
Roy Fra Masnedo	Carbeile Wharf	Unknown	French-built fishing boat
Saltash	Tamerton Lake	1864	Ketch
Saint Roch	Hooe Lake	Unknown	Motor fishing vessel
Sand Acre Bay 1	Sand Acre Bay	Unknown	Unknown, possibly a sailing barge
Silver Seagull	Hooe Boatyard, West	1964	Belgian trawler
Steam Pinnace	Antony Passage mill pond	Unknown	Royal Navy steam pinnace
Stonehouse 1	Stonehouse	Unknown	Unknown hulk off Stonehouse
Swift	Turnchapel	1877	Passenger ferry
Tamerton 1	Tamerton Lake	Unknown	Unknown vessel at the head of the lake
Tamerton 2	Tamerton Lake	Unknown	Unknown boat on the south shore
Tamerton 3	Tamerton Lake	Unknown	Unknown vessel on the north shore
Target Floats	Sand Acre Bay	Unknown	Steel towed target floats
Tavy	Sutton Harbour	1899	Smack
Triumph	Poldrissick	1899	Tamar barge built in Plymouth
Two Brothers	Hooe Lake, East	Unknown	Dutch barge, unknown
Vectis	Andurn Point	1877	Steamship wrecked on the beach
Wendew	Hooe Lake, East	1912	Brixham trawler
Wendy Ann II	Hooe Lake	1939	Tug rescued from Hooe Lake
Whitsand 2	Tregantle Beach	Unknown	Unknown timber vessel
Wilcove 1	Off Wilcove, River Tamar	Unknown	Unknown timber vessel
Yealm 1	River Yealm	Unknown	Unknown vessel in the River Yealm
Yealm 2	River Yealm	Unknown	Unknown modern trimaran in River Yealm
YMS-378	Stonehouse	1943	D-Day veteran minesweeper