Ship graveyard


A ship graveyard or ship cemetery is a location where the hulls of scrapped ships are left to decay and disintegrate, or left in reserve. Such a practice is now less common due to waste regulations and so some dry docks where ships are broken are also known as ship graveyards.
By analogy, the phrase can also refer to an area with many shipwrecks which not been removed by human agency, instead being left to disintegrate naturally. These can form in places where navigation is difficult or dangerous ; or where many ships have been deliberately scuttled together ; or where many ships have been sunk in battle.
As of January 2020, with 30% share India has the highest global revenue and highest share of global ship breaking, and the world's largest Ship graveyard is in India at
Alang.

List of ship graveyards

France

All states and territories of Australia, except the land-locked Australian Capital Territory, have ships' graveyards
New South Wales:
Northern Territory:
Queensland:
South Australia:
Tasmania:
Victoria:
Western Australia: