Purton Ships Graveyard By Drone 4K

The Purton Hulks or Purton Ships' Graveyard is a number of abandoned boats and ships, deliberately beached beside the River Severn near Purton in Gloucestershire, England, to reinforce the river banks. Most were beached in the 1950s and are now in a state of considerable decay. The site forms the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.
On 25 October 1960, in thick fog and a strong tide, two barges (named the Arkendale H and Wastdale H) which had overshot Sharpness Dock, collided with one of the columns of the bridge after being carried upstream. Two bridge spans collapsed into the river. As they fell, parts of the structure hit the barges causing the fuel oil and petroleum they were carrying to catch fire. Five people died in the incident.

[@Millerium-MichaelMiller]

The landscape is gorgeous.... Have a nice day 😊

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Thankyou 👍

[@nickwood23]

Fantastic footage, I had a flight with my air 2 down there back in the summer 👍

[@portsmouthaerialmedia]

Thankyou, it was a great place to fly, I shot this over 2 days, there is alot of history there. 👍

[@xavierguermant3734]

Wouaw !!!