Hulks and Foreshore Wrecks - Forder Area
Forder and Sand Acre Bay have been a favourite place for dumping unwanted ships for many years. The area contains a pinnace from a huge WW1 French battleship, a Tamar sailing barge, a pair of schooners and a big barge that no one knows its name or how it got there.
A 250 page illustrated book about these hulks, 'Historic Ships on the Foreshore in and Around Plymouth Sound National Marine Park' by Peter Holt and C. John Cotton is now available on the Publications page.
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Hulks In This Area
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| Name | Location | Date |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy Eric | Forder, under bridge | 1921 |
Trawler |
| Elizabeth Jane | Antony Passage | Unknown |
Tamar sailing barge |
| Excelsior | Sand Acre Bay | 1875 |
Schooner |
| George Murray | Forder | Unknown |
Sailing barge, unknown |
| Harry Herbert | Sand Acre Bay | 1860 |
Schooner |
| Landing Craft | Forder | 1940 |
WWII Landing craft |
| Landing Craft | Antony Passage | 1940 |
WWII Landing craft |
| Lord John Roberts | Forder | Unknown |
Sailing barge, unknown |
| Paris Pinnace | Sand Acre Bay | 1912? |
Pinnace from the WWII French battleship Paris |
| Sand Acre Bay 1 | Sand Acre Bay | Unknown |
Unknown, possibly a sailing barge |
| Steam Pinnace | Antony Passage mill pond | Unknown |
RN steam pinnace |
| Target Floats | Sand Acre Bay | Unknown |
Steel towed target floats |
Hulks have also been reported at Wearde Quay and at Wivelscombe, these will be investigated shortly.
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