All Topics  
Ship graveyard

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Ship graveyard
 
 
  Topics Ship graveyard Topic Home

A ship graveyard or ship cemetery is a location where the hull
Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking....
s of ship
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
s are left to decay and disintegrate, or left in reserve
Reserve fleet

A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed, and thus partially or fully decommissioned....
. Such a practice is now less common due to waste regulations and so some dry docks where ships are dismantled (to recycle their metal and remove dangerous materials like asbestos
Asbestos

Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos is derived from a Greek language adjective meaning inextinguishable....
) are also known as ship graveyards.

By analogy, the phrase can also refer to a large number of shipwreck
Shipwreck

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked, either in it having sunk or been Beaching . A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck, such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink, the stranding of the ship on rocks, land or shoal, or the destruction of the ship at sea by vio...
s which have accumulated in a single area but not been removed by human agency, instead being left to disintegrate naturally.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Ship graveyard'
Start a new discussion about 'Ship graveyard'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


A ship graveyard or ship cemetery is a location where the hull
Hull (watercraft)

A hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking....
s of ship
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
s are left to decay and disintegrate, or left in reserve
Reserve fleet

A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed, and thus partially or fully decommissioned....
. Such a practice is now less common due to waste regulations and so some dry docks where ships are dismantled (to recycle their metal and remove dangerous materials like asbestos
Asbestos

Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos is derived from a Greek language adjective meaning inextinguishable....
) are also known as ship graveyards.

By analogy, the phrase can also refer to a large number of shipwreck
Shipwreck

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked, either in it having sunk or been Beaching . A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck, such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink, the stranding of the ship on rocks, land or shoal, or the destruction of the ship at sea by vio...
s which have accumulated in a single area but not been removed by human agency, instead being left to disintegrate naturally. These can form in places where navigation is difficult or dangerous (such as the Goodwin Sands
Goodwin Sands

The Goodwin Sands are a 10-mile long sand bank in the English Channel, lying six miles east of Deal, Kent in Kent, England. As the shoals lie close to major shipping channels, more than 2,000 ships are believed to have been wrecked upon them and as a result, they are marked by numerous lightships and buoys....
 or Blackpool
Blackpool shipwrecks

Blackpool and the The Fylde has become a ship graveyard to a number of vessels over the years. Most of the shipwrecks occurred at or near Blackpool, whilst a few happened a little further afield but have strong connections with the Blackpool area....
), where a large number of ships have been deliberately scuttled
Scuttling

Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the Hull . This can be achieved in several ways - valves or hatches can be opened to the sea, or holes may be ripped into the hull with brute force or with explosives....
 together (as with the Kaiserliche Marine
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow

The scuttling of the German fleet took place at the Royal Navy's base at Scapa Flow in Scotland after the end of the First World War. The High Seas Fleet had been interned there under the terms of the Armistice with Germany whilst negotiations took place over the fate of the ships....
 at Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Orkney Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy....
), or where a large number of ships have been sunk in battle.

The ship graveyard without a name is also the title of a novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Arturo P?rez-Reverte Guti?rrez is a Spain novelist and journalist. He worked as war reporter for twenty-one years . His first novel, El h?sar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986....
.

List of ship graveyards


France

  • Guilvinec
    Guilvinec

    Guilvinec or Le Guilvinec is a Communes of France in Finist?re Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France....
    -Lechiagat
    Treffiagat

    Treffiagat is a Communes of France in the Finist?re Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France....
  • On the River Rance
    Rance

    Rance is a series of Japan-exclusive eroge computer role-playing games by Alice Soft featuring the title character, Rance. Starting in 1989, the series has lasted for 17 years, making it one of the longest running adult themed games ever....
  • Magouër (Plouhinec, Morbihan
    Plouhinec, Morbihan

    Plouhinec is a Communes of France in the Morbihan Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France....
    )
  • Plouhinec, Finistère
  • Landévennec
    Landévennec

    Land?vennec is a Communes of France in Finist?re Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France....


USA

  • The US Navy "phantom fleet" at Suisun Bay
    Suisun Bay

    Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary located at in central California, United States. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin Rivers, thus forming the entrance to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an inverted river delta....
    , to the north of San Francisco Bay
    San Francisco Bay

    San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean....
  • Witte's Marine Salvage - the Staten Island
    Staten Island

    Staten Island is a borough of New York City, situated almost entirely on the island of the same name in the extreme southwest part of the city....
     boat graveyard


External links