Man finds King Charles' abandoned vessel sinking into English river and fights back fear to reveal the interior
Published on Apr 07, 2026 at 11:58 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Apr 07, 2026 at 6:20 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Mason Jones
This guy found an abandoned ship that used to belong to King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) in the 1970s.
The ship was commanded by King Charles – a Royal Navy officer who currently holds the rank of admiral – back when he was still a lieutenant.
The boat, unfortunately, has seen better days.
And it gets worse.
King Charles’ ship will likely never sail again
YouTuber Adam Mark was able to locate and explore HMS Bronington, a now derelict Ton-class minesweeper that’s currently sinking in the Birkenhead docks, near Liverpool in northwest England.
The ship was abandoned here a long time ago, right next to unexploded ordnance – by pure accident, of course.
So it’s all pretty grim, and it all looks a bit Fallout-esque.
The abandoned ship is in terrible shape, and partially submerged, making it almost impossible for the YouTuber to climb aboard.
“I have to do the Michael Jackson ‘smooth criminal’ lean here,” he noted.
And he once he got on board, he realized the situation was even worse than he’d figured.
Climbing aboard confirmed the inevitable truth
Once aboard, the YouTuber was able to visually confirm what we already knew: the ship is beyond saving.
The walls were falling apart; most of the switches were either gone or basically made of rust at this point.
And that’s just what we can see.
The engines will almost certainly be unusable, and the hull shows damage that’s probably structural at this point.
The ship sank in 2016, and no one has done much about it since.
The HMS Bronington Trust was formed specifically to try and salvage it, though they have struggled with funding.
In 2023, the National Museum of the Royal Navy said there were potential locations where the boat could be restored.
But that hasn’t happened yet.
And at this rate, nothing will in the foreseeable future.
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