Erskine's Sunken Ships

Near Erskine's Central shopping area remains of several mud punts (once commonly used for dredging operations on the River Clyde) and at least three other craft are recorded lying within the small creek…” and that “…initial research and contact with local people suggests that the craft were abandoned there after a wartime bombing incident in one of Glasgow’s docks had severely damaged them by fire at Clydebank during the World War 2.
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[@richiec9077]

Amazing, this video really captures what it's like down there from another prospective 👍

[@melvynbond8348]

Really interesting video, just shows what our drones can do!

[@BillyBobDingo1971]

Britain at Low Tide on BBC did an excellent show about these.

[@neiltaylor8198]

Ships graveyard, didn't know this existed, video much appreciated. 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@30puls30]

The square shapes are most likely to be mud Punts which were parges for transporting river mud from the dredgers

[@rickydub6950]

Amazing to see, having looked at that bank from the other side of the water for years 👍