Royal Navy Shipwrecks

Name	Description	Date	Location
HMS/M A7	Submarine, A class	1914	Whitsand Bay, foundered
HMT Abelard	Armed Trawler	1916	Breakwater, east side
HMS Amethyst	5th Rate Frigate, Penelope class	1811	Jennycliff Bay, wrecked
HMS Amphion	5th Rate Frigate, Amazon class	1796	Devonport Dockyard, salvaged
HMT Asama	Armed Trawler	1941	Hamoaze, bombed
HMS Augustus	Gunvessel, unregistered	1801	Hoe, east end, wrecked
Bonaventure	Middling Ship	1627	Hamoaze, refloated
Blade of Wheat	Fireship	1689	Millbay, wrecked
HMS Captain	3rd Rate (74), Canada class	1813	Hamoaze, burnt
Centurion	4th Rate	1689	Mount Batten, wrecked
Charles and Henry	Fireship	1689	Cattewater, wrecked
Conqueror	3rd Rate (68), Temple class	1760	Drake's Island, wrecked
HMS Coquille	5th Rate Frigate, Coquille class	1798	Hamoaze, off Southdown, burnt
Coronation	2nd Rate (90)	1691	Off Penlee Point, foundered
HMS Crane	Schooner, Bird class	1808	Hoe, east end, wrecked
Dover Prize	Hulk	1689	Plymouth Sound, wrecked
HMS Echo	Brig-Sloop, French prize	1781	Cattewater, Deadman's Bay, wrecked
HMT Elk	Armed Trawler	1940	South of the Breakwater, mined
HMS Fearless	Gun-Brig, Conquest class	1804	Redding Point, Plymouth Sound
HMS Foyle	Torpedo Boat Destroyer, River class	1917	South of Rame Head, mined
Harwich	3rd Rate	1691	Battery Buoy, Barn Pool, salvaged
Henrietta	3rd Rate	1689	Cattewater, entrance, salvaged
HMS Imogene	6th Rate, Tyne class	1840	Devonport Dockyard, South dock, burnt
HMS Jasper	Gun-Brig, Cherokee Class	1817	Mount Batten, wrecked
HMT Kingston Alalite	Armed Trawler	1940	Western shipping channel, mined
HMS Lavinia	5th Rate Frigate, Lavinia class	1868	Devonport Dockyard, sunk
Mermaid	Unrated Fireship, French prize	1693	Devonport Dockyard, burnt
HMS Pallas	5th Rate Frigate	1798	Jennycliff Bay, wrecked
HMS Scylla	Frigate, Leander class	2004	Whitsand Bay, scuttled
HMS Talavera	3rd Rate (74), Repulse class	1840	Devonport Dockyard, South dock, burnt
HMS Telegraph	Schooner, American prize	1817	Hoe, East end, wrecked
Unidentified	Unknown	?	Ramscliff, wrecked

Scuttled Vessels

Vessels that were deliberately scuttled and used as foundations for docks and piers.

Name	Description	Date	Location
Anglesea	4th Rate	1764	Plymouth
Dunwich	6th Rate	1714	Plymouth
Mary Galley	4th Rate	1764	Plymouth
Moor	4th Rate	1716	Plymouth
Saudadoes Prize	5th Rate	1712	Plymouth
Vengeance	6th Rate	1766	Plymouth

Resources

A free database of Royal Navy wooden shipwrecks that have been found and investigated can be found here .

For a list of Plymouth shipwrecks in shallower water click here .

The list of contributors to this study of Plymouth shipwrecks, hulks and aircraft crash sites can be found here