Signals from the fleet
Latest highlights from grants, archives, and member projects.
Fleet Updates
WW1 captured German destroyers, beached and partially scrapped by Pounds in Fountain Lake behind G moorings at Whale Island.
Fleet Updates
More lost ships: a look at the Purton Ships’ Graveyard in Gloucestershire.
Fleet Updates
From The Liquid Highway: MTB 497 (ex Quiberon), built in 1944 at Hythe, after abandonment at Hoo Island.
Community Voices
A September 2025 post reported former Royal Navy Ham Class inshore minesweeper HMS Sidlesham (1955) on the bottom at Chelsea.
Community Voices
A further update identifies former RAF launch 2748 as an RTTL and describes chains through the hull to haul her up the slipway for breakup.
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A July 2025 follow-up post reports that former RAF launch 2748 was broken up.
Community Voices
A March 2025 post shared an image of “Talisman” MTB 455 on the River Itchen with concern over what happened when the tide returned.
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A March 2025 post shared photos of houseboat Skylark being broken up on Hayling Island, with confirmed BPB yard-number details.
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A March 2025 post reported the final loss of Golden Galleon after earlier restoration to WW2 Royal Navy livery.
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A February 2025 post shared a location point for another reported vessel loss.
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