The ‘graveyard’ is the location where the vessels, or their remains, have been deliberately abandoned. And less glam: Ships (and subway cars, too) have been deliberately sunk off shore to create new reefs.Ī ‘graveyard’ for ships is an official dumping site for obsolete watercraft. And Vikings and Egyptians, whose great leaders were entombed with boats. In South Street Sea Port in colonial times, old ships were used as fill to extend the shoreline. In previous times, other uses were found for no longer useful ships. Most of this takes place today in India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan, and much of the breaking up is done by hand –although in much of the 19 th century, ship breaking took place mainly in the US and Great Britain. The vessels are broken up for parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for raw materials, chiefly scrap. Ship breaking is where large ocean going ships’ last voyage ends running up on a beach. Would you believe that there’s a ship graveyard on Staten Island? Read on. Like the fabled elephant graveyards, ships also have graveyards. NOBLE MARITIME MUSEUM Where do ships go to die? Tuesday, Febru– It is not a junkyard, but a treasury of maritime history ![]()
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