Warship Scrapping - Worldwide World Naval Ships Forums Archive

Naval History by Country :

ROYAL
NAVY

US
NAVY

GERMAN
NAVY

FRENCH
NAVY

*VIEW ALL OF OUR CURRENT ART SPECIAL OFFERS ON ONE PAGE HERE*
NAVAL ART	AVIATION ART	MILITARY ART	SPORT ART

ALWAYS GREAT OFFERS :

20% FURTHER PRICE REDUCTIONS ON HUNDREDS OF LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS

BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE ON THOUSANDS OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS

FOR MORE OFFERS SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER

Warship Scrapping - Worldwide World Naval Ships Forums Archive

Warship Scrapping - Worldwide

Posts 1 to 50

I was inspired by the "Disposed Warships" thread in the Royal Navy section to create a thread dedicated to the scrapping of warships from every corner of the globe! It's a strange thing, looking at ships being scrapped is fascinating to me, but it makes me sad at the same time......... I'll start with HMS Artemis at pounds, USS Bonhomme Richard CV-31 USS Tripoli LPH-10 USNS General Alexander M. Patch T-AP-122 Kara class cruiser Azov, USS Kalamazoo AOR-6 Sverdlov class cruiser Oktyabrskaya Revolyuciya x2 USS Nitro AE-23 USS Reno DD-303
Attachments :

Krieg, Here's a few pix of the so called Ghost Fleet at Hartlepool, American naval vessels awaiting scrapping they have been the subject of some debate over their toxic content over the last few years but now it seems it won't be long before they are broken up. Regards Dave
Attachments :

Thanks, Dave! I guess there is a French Carrier to go along with those old Oilers and Tenders now!

Yes your right i forgot about her,I was working when they brought her in so i didn't get any photo's,There is a rumour that one of SIR class landing ships is going to join the carrier in the coffer dam and both be scrapped together. Regards Dave

[QUOTE=rumrat;48011]Krieg, Here's a few pix of the so called Ghost Fleet at Hartlepool, American naval vessels awaiting scrapping they have been the subject of some debate over their toxic content over the last few years but now it seems it won't be long before they are broken up. Regards Dave[/QUOTE] Terrific pictures Dave. In your picture number three do you know anything about the red and white painted ferry boat tied up with the grey funnels? It looks very much like an ex inter island ferry used in New Zealand, which I enclose a picture of for identification. Sorry the pic is a bit small but further magnification results in blurring.
Attachments :

[QUOTE=BECA@CLEAR.NET.NZ;48022]Terrific pictures Dave. In your picture number three do you know anything about the red and white painted ferry boat tied up with the grey funnels? It looks very much like an ex inter island ferry used in New Zealand, which I enclose a picture of for identification. Sorry the pic is a bit small but further magnification results in blurring.[/QUOTE] I think the ferry is the former floating nightclub from the River Tyne named the Tuxedo Royale. She moved from the Tyne to the River Tees a few years ago and she was replaced by the Tuxedo Princess (ex Caledonian Princess), which was returned to her former berth after a stint at Glasgow. http://www.sealink-holyhead.com/ships/Dover/dover's_earl.htm The Tuxedo Princess was reported to be destined for service in Northern Ireland after undergoing a refit. Not sure if that is still on the cards. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/articles/2008/04/21/north_east_tuxedo_s13_w8_feature.shtml[/url]

Not sure why the first link won't work, try copying and pasting the url. http://www.sealink-holyhead.com/ships/Dover/dover's_earl.htm :confused:

nice idea krieg, am in the process of scanning my phots to digital so will be able shortly to contribute, i have worked for DRSO the navys disposal section and what struck me was that when you walk around the dead ships with no lighting no power and quite often large holes cut away in various sections to remove equipment is that this ship was a home to people and how sasd it is to see once gallant grey warriors in this state, ghostly eerie and silent awaiting their fate.....just a thought from a daft ol sod... my contribution is of devondhire sat on the ammunition dolphins awaiting her fate.....until the installation of something more permanent ships ammunitioning and deammunitioning tied up on the port side of devonshire until completion as it was thought if there was an accident that point would reduce the damage.....we did not agree steve
Attachments :

Nice photo Steve. Looks like Grenville on the left of the pic.

Thanks, Steve! I can't wait to see what you've got up your sleeve! Here's a couple more...... I especially like the wrongly captioned(it's a battleship) Westfalen pic and the Almirante Latorre being towed away. The rest? A Skory class destroyer half scrapped at Inkerman(looks like those pontoons failed to serve their purpose!!) RFA Rame Head in Ghent, Belgium scrapyard The Japanese Carrier Kasagi postwar Battleship Rivadavia being towed away USS South Carolina BB-26 USNS Mississinewa (T-AO 144) in Brownsville TX and finally, a pic of something I used to see all the time when I was young, The reserve basin at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard(before all the good stuff got scrapped)!
Attachments :

Hi According to Ed Low of Combinedfleet.com he thinks the Japanese carrier being scrapped is Ibuki on the left with Kasagi on the right. If you go to photobucket.com and type Japanese carrier in the search box you will find a photo taken of Ibuki from the ground in the dock in 1946. There is another photo of the salavged carrier Aso. Spatz

Spatz, Thanks for the info, I didn't even notice the other ship in the drydock! Keep 'em coming!:D

Krieg1981: Thanks for posting the Latorre pictures. Wish I had seen it before it went to the brakers. I kept a newspaper clipping about it for years and I made a model of the ship later on. Wish I could have seen the ship in person. G. Shoda

G. Shoda, I'm glad you liked it! Here's a couple more for you.....
Attachments :

Krieg1981, Thanks for posting the additional Latorre photos. I had not seen them before. They are very nice detailed photos. I remember back in the 1970s and 1980s (before the Internet) how poor the quality of photos in books on naval topic were. They were tiny and dark. I just assumed there were not many good quality photos around. Too bad these were not included in some of the books I am complaining about. Greg Shoda

Here is one from the Late 20's early 30's. [ATTACH]44151[/ATTACH] USS Delware. Regards Charles
Attachments :

This latest from me is HMS BIRMINGHAM type 42, she was the first to be scrapped the others sheffield and coventry lost during the falklands war, she is seen here in dry dock in guzz having had her sonar and props removed as well as the sea dart and 4.5 gun, this was the first time so much kit had been removed from a type 42 and we did not know if she would sit up right once flooded up, she was towed from guzz to prtsmouth where she was the trial ship for changing a stabilser with the ship still in the water, she then sat up the trot b4 being towed to spain to be broken up
Attachments :

Contributing one - ex WW11 Grimbsy Class Sloop HMAS [I]Warrego[/I] marked out for cutting torches at (looks like) White Bay in Sydney in 1966. She still wears the white paint of her last naval service as a survey ship. On the morning of February 19, 1942, [I]Warrego's[/I] crew had been at gunnery practice in Darwin Harbour and trained (with dummy ammunition) on what they thought were a lot of American planes coming in from Bathurst Island. They soon switched ammunition. She was the first ship to fire during the huge Japanese air raids that day.
Attachments :

[B]The Wrecks of Tangalooma [/B] These photos are going to look like tourism-travel, which they are, but at least two former coastal steamers and RAN WW11 auxiliary minesweepers, ex-HMAS Uki, and ex-HMAS Bermagui ended up here ...among the wrecks at the Tangalooma Ships Graveyard on Moreton Island off Brisbane (the WW11 fort there being part of the 'friendly fire' tragedy told in today's RAN Ship Of The Day post #112 , in the Australian section), here ... [url]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3756[/url] [I]Bermagui[/I] and [I]Uki[/I] are ships whose careers are yet to be covered in the RAN 'Ship Of The Day.' Between 1963 and 1984 the Queensland Government's Department of Marine sank 15 wrecks of dredgers and assorted old vessels, including a WW1 captured German steanmer I think, along the beach on the Western (landward) side of Moreton Island as a shelter for small boats and a snokelling site, soon rich in marine life. Still looking for a complete list of the vessels there, and will edit it in when I find one. It's a very popular place with visitors. Hmmm - looks like just the place to get a badly gashed leg, or a severely infected foot injury to me. Krieg1981, if you go there, I just want to say that it's really going to sting. You'll be walking around the beach, shaking your hands, moaning and groaning, while someone's chasing after you trying to wrap a towel around your badly cut knee.:)
Attachments :

Here are few more warships being scrapped. [ATTACH]49111[/ATTACH][ATTACH]49112[/ATTACH][ATTACH]49113[/ATTACH][ATTACH]49114[/ATTACH] The last photo's are of USN oilers being dismantled in Brownsville Texas. Regards Charles
Attachments :

Here are some more, [ATTACH]51372[/ATTACH][ATTACH]51373[/ATTACH][ATTACH]51374[/ATTACH] Regards Charles
Attachments :

Polish WARSZAWA (ex Soviet KASHIN class) at Gdynia going to the breakers'.
Attachments :

thanks marek interesting pic

Interesting, but so sad.

Always interesting to see these old warriors in their final days. Wasn't as much fun when I ran across my old ship...sigh.... :)

Two photos of the Greek destroyer ASPIS being scrapped at Perama -near Piraeus. I took the photos in 1997-98. She was the former USS CHARRETTE, a member of the Fletcher class.
Attachments :

The information I have suggests Aspis was ex-Conner and that Charette became Velos. Any idea if this is correct, or whether your post claiming Aspis was ex-Charette is correct? :confused:

[QUOTE=kc;97231]The information I have suggests Aspis was ex-Conner and that Charette became Velos. Any idea if this is correct, or whether your post claiming Aspis was ex-Charette is correct? :confused:[/QUOTE] Sorry, you are right. Conner became the Aspis and Charrette becaem the Velos which is now preserved as a museum.

Found at Flickr. [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/41272196@N02/4435460775/[/url] [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/41272196@N02/4434991861/[/url]

HMS FORTH A sad end for a grand old girl,ironically her own torpedo loading crane is being used for off loading internal scrap. Built and John Brown & Co. At Clyde Bank. Laid down 30.June 1937.Launched 11.August 1938.Commissioned 11.May 1939. Served at various places all over the world.Was renamed HMS DEFIANCE on 15th Feb 1972 after her return from Singapore.Home then to the 3rd Submarine Squadron. Sold for scrap on 25.July 1985. Broken up at Kingsnorth scrapping Kent. Regards Steve.
Attachments :

[QUOTE=steve roberts;108382]HMS FORTH A sad end for a grand old girl,ironically her own torpedo loading crane is being used for off loading internal scrap. Built and John Brown & Co. At Clyde Bank. Laid down 30.June 1937.Launched 11.August 1938.Commissioned 11.May 1939. Served at various places all over the world.Was renamed HMS DEFIANCE on 15th Feb 1972 after her return from Singapore.Home then to the 3rd Submarine Squadron. Sold for scrap on 25.July 1985. Broken up at Kingsnorth scrapping Kent. Regards Steve.[/QUOTE] Great pic Steve. First one I've ever seen of her scrapping.

Thanks Rik.I picked it up in a flea Market some time ago.Unfortunately it got a bit bent!! Regards Steve.

Great pic Steve, another sad sight. Jim

Hi Rik.Heres one to really break your heart. HMS KEMERTON.Apart from a short period in the Gulf 1962-1966.Shespent most of her time in reserve.Placed on the disposal list in 1969,she was sold to Solent Power Units ltd at Fareham in 1971. Stripped of all useful machinery,final demolition took place at Poole.Here is her hulk on her final trip.Regards Steve.
Attachments :

[QUOTE=steve roberts;108382]HMS FORTH A sad end for a grand old girl,ironically her own torpedo loading crane is being used for off loading internal scrap. Built and John Brown & Co. At Clyde Bank. Laid down 30.June 1937.Launched 11.August 1938.Commissioned 11.May 1939. Served at various places all over the world.Was renamed HMS DEFIANCE on 15th Feb 1972 after her return from Singapore.Home then to the 3rd Submarine Squadron. Sold for scrap on 25.July 1985. Broken up at Kingsnorth scrapping Kent. Regards Steve.[/QUOTE] Sad sight Steve, here are a couple of her with her brood in happier days,
Attachments :

Thanks for a million for posting those photos.I served on Her in singapore,shortly before going into boats.Regards Steve.

We store them,the Russians let them rust away(well they do scrap their most uptodate ones).The USA seems to have sfaely found a way to dispose of Nuclear Subs.Attached,four Nucs being reduced to Razor Blades.Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1997.Regards Steve.
Attachments :

Here is one to break Don Boyer's Heart!. Waiting the cutters torch at Bremerton are four US Carriers,deleted from the Navy List in 1989.They are HORNET, ORISKANY, BENNINGTON,BON HOMME RICHARD. HORNET has now become a museum at Alameda Sanfranciso California. Regards Steve.
Attachments :

[QUOTE=steve roberts;108491]Hi Rik.Heres one to really break your heart. HMS KEMERTON.Apart from a short period in the Gulf 1962-1966.Shespent most of her time in reserve.Placed on the disposal list in 1969,she was sold to Solent Power Units ltd at Fareham in 1971. Stripped of all useful machinery,final demolition took place at Poole.Here is her hulk on her final trip.Regards Steve.[/QUOTE] I have a couple of similar versions of that photo' Steve. Yes it is a sad sight to see any warship going for scrap but morbidly interesting as well.

How about this, from VLADIVOSTOK I think. The SSV 33 "URAL" a magnificent ship, look at the state of the dome ! Such a shame. Close by, the FRUNZE, one the the enormous KIROV class nuclear powered missile cruisers........she won't be moving for a long while....... In the foreground the SOVREMMENY seems to be making steam at least.
Attachments :

The US Navy's first helicopter carrier was the converted escortcarrier THETIS BAY.She was mothballed at Bremerton for 9 yerars before being converted to carry US Marines and their ssault helicopters. Her second career lasted another 8 years before being scrapped at Portsmouth Va.In 1966 Regars Steve.
Attachments :

Australia. HMAS/M OXLEY in the advanced state of demolition in the yards of Australian Shipbuilding Industries at Henderson September 1992. OXLEY's fin still survives,erected outside the RAN Submarine Systems& Training Centre at near by HMAS STIRLING. Fleet Base West. Regards Steve.
Attachments :

come on deeps which bulkhead/frame is showing then;) Little h

Hi Little h. Judging from the position of the hatch just behind the Bulkhead.I would hazard a guess at W/T bulkhead between fore-ends and accomodation space.Ofcourse she could be the other way round,but unlikely:D Regards Steve.

USS Oriskany sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola in 2006
Attachments :

[QUOTE=whalerman;109431]USS Oriskany sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola in 2006[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.oriskanyphotos.com/index2.html[/url] More pics, I watched the whole thing on TV, very spectacular.

[QUOTE=steve roberts;109283]Australia. HMAS/M OXLEY in the advanced state of demolition in the yards of Australian Shipbuilding Industries at Henderson September 1992. OXLEY's fin still survives,erected outside the RAN Submarine Systems& Training Centre at near by HMAS STIRLING. Fleet Base West. Regards Steve.[/QUOTE] Can I make a note of pointing out, that any photo's scanned from the Maritime Books Collection of the "To Sail No More" series should NOT be reproduced on this Forum, as we have already been warned against this in the past. Steve, please stop reproducing their pix as they have specifically warned us for doing so, in the past. And is in breach of Copyright !! Your latest reproduction of page 83 - Part Five, of said books (as well as all your previous pix) could cause us problems in the future. Many thanks

I wondered what had happened to the URAL -- she was the "hot" item once upon a time. Nuclear powered huge combination intelligence collector/missile tracker and probably also delivered the pizza. What a mess the Russians have gotten their navy into. The price of not having anything planned out and in place to replace the old corrupt communist system with. Like a corrupt democratic system.....:) And thanks for your photo, Steve. I've gotten several of those four waiting about to be scrapped. Miss that old girl. Regards,

Ok Rik.Problem noted, I had contacted the publishers and as they are no longer printing these they said it was ok on a specificic forum as long as not reproduced for commercial gain.Will lay off just in case though. Regards Steve.

A Rare and I suspect originally illegally taken of the scrapping of an ex-soviet YANKEE Class SSBN.Broken up at Severodvinsk,in the mid-nineties.The reactor Compartment would have been removed and probably dumped in the Barents Sea.(Hopefully concrete filled) Regards Steve.
Attachments :

More Posts

Everything we obtain for this site is shown on the site, we do not have any more photos, crew lists or further information on any of the ships.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE. ALL IMAGES DISPLAYED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW, AND ARE OWNED BY CRANSTON FINE ARTS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. NO REPRODUCTION OR COPYING ALLOWED ON OTHER WEBSITES, BOOKS OR ARTICLES WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENT.

Contact Details
Shipping Info
Terms and Conditions
Cookie Policy
Privacy Policy

Sign Up To Our Newsletter!

Stay up to date with all our latest offers, deals and events as well as new releases and exclusive subscriber content!

This website is owned by Cranston Fine Arts. Torwood House, Torwoodhill Road, Rhu, Helensburgh, Scotland, G848LE

Contact: Tel: (+44) (0) 1436 820269. Email: cranstonorders -at- outlook.com

Return to Home Page