The map shows the shipwrecks in less than 50m depth that are near the city of Plymouth in the south-west corner of the UK.
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Name | Description | Date | Location |
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A7 | Submarine | 1914 | West of Rame, sunk |
Abelard | Armed trawler | 1916 | Breakwater, mined |
Ajax | Paddle steam ship | 1854 | Mewstone, wrecked |
Constance | Steam cargo ship | 1888 | Shagstone, wrecked |
Coronation | 2nd Rate warship | 1691 | Off Penlee Point, wrecked |
Elk | Armed trawler | 1940 | Off Penlee Point, mined |
Encourage | Fishing vessel (MFV) | 1940 | South of the Breakwater, mined |
Firewater | Tug | 1990 | Cattewater, foundered |
Foyle | Destroyer | 1917 | South of Penlee Point, mined |
Fylrix | Cargo vessel | 1984 | Jennycliff Bay, beached |
Glen Strathallan | Steam yacht | 1970 | Shagstone, scuttled |
Hopper Barge No. 42 | Hopper barge | 1913 | Breakwater, wrecked |
James Eagan Layne | Liberty ship | 1945 | Whitsand Bay, beached |
HMT Kingston Alalite | Armed Trawler | 1940 | Western shipping channel, mined |
Marie | Steam ship | 1895 | Bigbury Bay, foundered |
Nepaul | Steam ship | 1890 | Shagstone, wrecked |
Persier | Steam ship | 1945 | Bigbury Bay, torpedoed |
Poulmic | Transport | 1940 | South of Breakwater, mined |
Rame Barge / Leen | Barge | 1905? | West of Rame, unknown |
Rosehill | Steam collier | 1917 | Whitsand Bay, torpedoed |
Rothesay | Steam ship | 1877 | Mewstone Ledge, wrecked |
Scylla | Frigate | 2004 | Whitsand Bay, scuttled |
Stoke Barge | Barge | ? | Off Stoke Point |
Tavy | Pilot vessel | 1995 | Breakwater Fort, scuttled |
Taxiarchos | Brig | 1843 | Rame Head, wrecked |
Totnes Castle | Paddle steamer | 1967 | Bigbury Bay, foundered |
Vectis | Steam collier | 1912 | Andurn Point, wrecked |
Viking Princess | Trawler | 1996 | Off Hilsea Point, foundered |
Yvonne | Barquentine | 1920 | Breakwater, wrecked |
For a list of shipwrecks in deeper water click here .
The list of contributors to this study of Plymouth shipwrecks, hulks and aircraft crash sites can be found here .
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