Fraumetta Catharina von Flensburg, a 53-ton brigantine, sank near Drake's Island in December 1786. The P&O ship Nepaul sank on the Shagstone in December 1890. A Short Sunderland flying boat crashed while landing in bad weather on 15 October 1939, killing four of the eleven passengers and crew. A Short Sunderland flying boat crashed in March 1942 between the Breakwater Fort and the breakwater lighthouse killing five passengers. In February 1943, a Lancaster bomber hit the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed without survivors on the return from a raid on the U-boat pens at Lorient. In 1970, the Glen Strathallan luxury steam yacht was scuttled near the Shagstone as a site for scuba diving. This ship's triple expansion steam engine is now on display in the Science Museum in London. References Bibliography Landforms of Devon Geography of Plymouth, Devon Landforms of Cornwall Sounds of the United Kingdom