Scrap My Boat

Trusted, Legal, and Ethical Disposal Across the UK

Is your boat now a costly liability? A decaying liability in a marina or an eyesore on your driveway? At Boatbreakers®, we are the trusted experts for professional boat breaking and scrapping throughout the UK.

While our expert disposal service usually isn’t free, it provides essential peace of mind and ensures you avoid unexpected future costs. Think of it as the final, boat related bill to settle for your vessel. 

If you’ve exhausted all selling avenues, call us for a complete solution covering collection, disposal, and recycling. For vessels with potential, our Lonely Boats Service can help find them a new home instead. 

Just fill in our Form and tell us what boat you have and where she is. If you’re not sure what type of boat you have then please make sure you have some recent pictures. Our team will then be able to work out a price from there. 

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Why Choose Boatbreakers® for Disposal?

Dealing with end-of-life boats involves navigating complex legal waters. Choosing Boatbreakers® ensures you avoid unexpected fines, regulatory action, or potential prosecution from Harbour Authorities, the Environment Agency, or Police. We want to help tackle the growing problem of abandoned boats across the UK. By choosing to send your boat for recycling you are doing your bit. 

If your boat is a CTL or total write-off after a marine accident, get in contact. We work directly with marine insurers and claims departments to manage the entire recovery and disposal process on your behalf. Some insurance companies will offer you the damaged boat back but this could leave you with a costly problem boat to sort. 

New to boats or managing a vessel as part of Probate? Simply send us photos and the location. Our  experience in end-of-life disposal means we handle the technical details, you won’t need complex “boaty” knowledge. 

Scrapping involves unavoidable costs: Towing, Lifting, Road Transport, Labour for stripping, and mandated per-tonne disposal fees for waste materials. We always strive for the lowest possible price, but covering these operational costs is necessary unless the boat holds significant recoverable value.

We pride ourselves in our well maintained reputation. Our priority is preventing pollution. We make sure that any waste from the boats we scrap is dealt with correctly. We also ensure safeguards are in place to stop oils, fuels, and other pollutants from contaminating marinas, rivers, and the sea.

Be cautious of unauthorised operators who advertise cheap disposal but dump toxic waste illegally. We strongly advise owners and marinas to exercise caution and ensure they use licensed, ethical specialists. If the price is too good to be true, it probably is!

We maximise recycling by recovering all possible metal components, keels, masts, engines, deck gear for resale to other boaters, giving components a second life. When materials like fibreglass (GRP) cannot be reused, we ensure they are crushed and sent to Waste to Energy on in some cases highly regulated landfillfacilities, minimising environmental risk.

Need Help?

There are lots of different kinds of boats available and each has its challenges when it comes to disposal and recycling.

These pages are designed to help you identify the type of boat you have and what you need to know in order to get it ready for disposal.

Yacht, Motor Boat, Narrow boat and Ship Breaking, Disposal and Vessel Recycling Services

Decaying, waterlogged and abandoned boats can cause pollution and damage the marine environment slowly releasing waste products like engine oil, diesel, petrol and human waste into the surrounding water. Even worse they can eventually sink and sit on the bottom causing a navigational hazard and become significantly more difficult to recover and re float.

Disposing of a boat can be a challenging task for an owner, marina or insurer but one call to Boatbreakers® is all that is needed.

We specialise in yacht and motor boat removal and recovery for private and commercial owners, boatyards and insurance companies.

If you can’t find the legal owners of a boat, or they have disappeared with bills outstanding pass the case to us and we will find them.

Comprehensive Vessel Removal Services

We specialise in the removal and recovery of vessels for private owners, marinas, and insurers.

Our “Scrap a Boat” service includes:

Removal of Damaged, Sunken, Unwanted, and Abandoned craft (Yachts, Motorboats, Narrowboats, Ribs and Fishing Boats).

Collection from difficult locations like gardens, fields, car parks, and shorelines.

Full hull breaking, waste clearance, and hazardous material disposal (oils, fuel).

Marina Clearance assistance.

If you have a boat that needs responsible, legal disposal, one call to Boatbreakers® gets it done.

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