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What remained after treaty battleships were scrapped

Most scrapped warship material was recycled, but pieces of hulls sometimes survived inside wharves, foundations, and other infrastructure.

Question

Were scrapped battleships fully recycled, or do their remains still survive on land?

Short answer

Most material was reused, but portions of some ships survived by being incorporated into wharves, foundations, and other infrastructure.

Notes

Treaty disposal usually sent recoverable steel, machinery, and fittings back into industrial use rather than leaving whole ships in dumps. Some structural remains nevertheless became part of waterfront construction and can still exist beneath car parks, wharves, or harbor works.