This page has been prepared with assistance from Paul Barnett who leads guided walks explaining the history of the.

Boat graveyard uk. Find Purton on the map it shows on Google Maps and the ships graveyard is between Purton Sharpness of the River Severn side of the Sharpness Canal. Theyve laid here for about 40 years undisturbed apart from the odd visitor. Purton Ships Graveyard.

These ghostly hulks now form an eerie boat graveyard perfect for. Hi dont know who Sarah is but the ships graveyard doesnt have a postcode as there are no houses there. UK shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard believes tighter global regulation is needed to ensure that British-owned ships end up being recycled by approved ship-breaking yards.

The boats in the graveyard are mostly all Fleetwood Trawlers left over from the Cod Wars of the 1970s when the ships owners were paid to scrap them by the government. In fact it was originally 18ft deep in the centre to accommodate the keels of large sailing ships but in later years it was not dredged to the full depth. Some Vessels in the Purton Boat Graveyard Associated with the Stroudwater Canal by Paul Barnett April 2007 Re-issued December 2017 These notes include references to some of the vessels that operated on the Stroudwater Canal.

The Ships Graveyard History. Well help you find or build the Cobalt Boat of your dreams call us today to get started. I think the nearest houses are the canal bank cottages where the postcode is GL13 9HX.

Many of the ships here were purposefully beached in the 1950s to reinforce the riverbanks creating the largest ship graveyard in the UK. Fairly easy to get to not so easy to locate. Ad Hall of Fame boat dealer with a full line of Cobalt Boats offering salesservice storage.

Ad Hall of Fame boat dealer with a full line of Cobalt Boats offering salesservice storage. Worlds biggest ship graveyard - where huge tankers and cruise liners are scrapped on the shorefront and workers toil for 2 a day. Most of the southern half of the canal is embanked so.