Royal Navy Ships
This is the list of Royal Navy ships that were wrecked, burnt, mined or scuttled around Plymouth Sound.
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| Name | Type | Date | Location |
| HMS/M A7 | Submarine, A class | 1914 | Whitsand Bay, foundered |
| HMT Abelard | Armed Trawler | 1916 | Breakwater, east side |
| HMS Amethyst | 5th Rate Frigate, Penelope class | 1811 | Jennycliff Bay, wrecked |
| HMS Amphion | 5th Rate Frigate, Amazon class | 1796 | Devonport Dockyard, salvaged |
| HMT Asama | Armed Trawler | 1941 | Hamoaze, bombed |
| HMS Augustus | Gunvessel, unregistered | 1801 | Hoe, east end, wrecked |
| Bonaventure | Middling Ship | 1627 | Hamoaze, refloated |
| Blade of Wheat | Fireship | 1689 | Millbay, wrecked |
| HMS Captain | 3rd Rate (74), Canada class | 1813 | Hamoaze, burnt |
| Centurion | 4th Rate | 1689 | Mount Batten, wrecked |
| Charles and Henry | Fireship | 1689 | Cattewater, wrecked |
| HMS Conqueror | 3rd Rate (70), Temple class | 1760 | Drake's Island, wrecked |
| HMS Coquille | 5th Rate Frigate, Coquille class | 1798 | Hamoaze, off Southdown, burnt |
| Coronation | 2nd Rate (90) | 1691 | Off Penlee Point, foundered |
| HMS Crane | Schooner, Bird class | 1808 | Hoe, east end, wrecked |
| Dover Prize | Hulk | 1689 | Plymouth Sound, wrecked |
| HMS Echo | Brig-Sloop, French prize | 1781 | Cattewater, Deadman's Bay, wrecked |
| HMT Elk | Armed Trawler | 1940 | South of the Breakwater, mined |
| Encourage | Fishing Vessel (MFV) | 1940 | South of the Breakwater, mined |
| HMS Fearless | Gun-Brig, Conquest class | 1804 | Redding Point, Plymouth Sound |
| HMS Foyle | Torpedo Boat Destroyer, River class | 1917 | South of Rame Head, mined |
| Harwich | 3rd Rate | 1691 | Battery Buoy, Barn Pool, salvaged |
| Henrietta | 3rd Rate | 1689 | Cattewater, entrance, salvaged |
| HMS Imogene | 6th Rate, Tyne class | 1840 | Devonport Dockyard, South dock, burnt |
| HMS Jasper | Gun-Brig, Cherokee Class | 1817 | Mount Batten, wrecked |
| HMT Kingston Alalite | Armed Trawler | 1940 | Western shipping channel, mined |
| HMS Lavinia | 5th Rate Frigate, Lavinia class | 1868 | Devonport Dockyard, sunk |
| Mermaid | Unrated Fireship, French prize | 1693 | Devonport Dockyard, burnt |
| HMS Pallas | 5th Rate Frigate | 1798 | Jennycliff Bay, wrecked |
| HMS Scylla | Frigate, Leander class | 2004 | Whitsand Bay, scuttled |
| HMS Talavera | 3rd Rate (74), Repulse class | 1840 | Devonport Dockyard, South dock, burnt |
| HMS Telegraph | Schooner, American prize | 1817 | Hoe, East end, wrecked |
| Unidentified | Unknown | ? | Ramscliff, wrecked |
Scuttled Vessels
| Name | Type | Date | Location |
| Anglesea | 4th Rate | 1764 | Plymouth |
| Dunwich | 6th Rate | 1714 | Plymouth |
| Mary Galley | 4th Rate | 1764 | Plymouth |
| Moor | 4th Rate | 1716 | Plymouth |
| Saudadoes Prize | 5th Rate | 1712 | Plymouth |
| Vengeance | 6th Rate | 1766 | Plymouth |
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