History Main / DerelictGraveyard

* In the ''Franchise/DocSavage'' novel ''the Sargasso Orge,'' an era-appropriate pirate has a base in one of these, and hijacks ships into it for plunder.

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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has the Ozmone Plain, which may ''appear'' to be a nice, pleasant grassland, but all around, you find the wrecks of crashed airships...

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', for her training during the two-year TimeSkip, Kuma sends [[spoiler:the [[HumanityEnsues humanized]] [[SparedByAdaptation Merry]]]] to DavyJones locker. Of course, [[spoiler:since she had barely avoided [[VikingFuneral ending up there]] thanks to Cross's efforts, she considers this APlaceWorseThanDeath and has an AnythingButThat response]].

* The climax of the third ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book takes place in a ''[[UpToEleven radioactive submarine]]'' graveyard.

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', for her training during the two-year TimeSkip, Kuma sends [[spoiler:the [[HumanityEnsues humanized]] [[SparedByAdaptation Merry]]]] to DavyJonesLocker. Of course, [[spoiler:since she had barely avoided [[VikingFuneral ending up there]] thanks to Cross's efforts, she considers this APlaceWorseThanDeath and has an AnythingButThat response]].

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', for her training during the two-year TimeSkip, Kuma sends [[spoiler:the [[HumanityEnsues humanized]] [[SparedByAdaptation Merry]]]] to DaveyJonesLocker. Of course, [[spoiler:since she had barely avoided [[VikingFuneral ending up there]] thanks to Cross's efforts, she considers this APlaceWorseThanDeath and has an AnythingButThat response]].

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaDriftsInTheUniverse'' has a scene where Doraemon, Nobita, and their new friends Lian and his team of space cadets ends up in a spaceship graveyard, filled with floating wreckage of various alien ships. Stopping over to investigate, the later find out the reason behind the derelicts' existence when they're assaulted by an entire horde of power-consuming parasites that comes at them in entire swarms.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}: Nobita Drifts in the Universe'' has a scene where Doraemon, Nobita, and their new friends Lian and his team of space cadets ends up in a spaceship graveyard, filled with floating wreckage of various alien ships. Stopping over to investigate, the later find out the reason behind the derelicts' existence when they're assaulted by an entire horde of power-consuming parasites that comes at them in entire swarms.

* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the planet Lehon becomes a ship graveyard due to an ancient jamming field installed there to keep wandering ships away from [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the Star Forge]].
** Malachor V is this in [[VideoGame/StarWarsKnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords the second game]], the planet is still orbited by the wrecked fleets destroyed by the superweapon detonated there five years ago.

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* The Autobots encounter one in the ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters'' episode "Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship".

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', Rey (Creator/DaisyRidley) lives on Jakku, a site where a climactic naval clash between the Rebellion and the Empire occurred in the interim between the latest and original trilogies. On the surface is at least one crashed Star Destroyer listed to the side, and a completely capsized Super Star Destroyer of the same class as the ''Executor'' from the Original Trilogy. Crashed fighters also litter the ground too, and she lives in a wrecked AT-AT.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. In "Dawn of the Gods", the Liberator is drawn into an UnrealisticBlackHole, only to find themselves on a platform littered with the derelict remains of spacecraft stripped for their [[MadeOfIndestructium herculanium]] by the VillainOfTheWeek. James Follett, who wrotes the episode, would [[RecycledScript use a similar premise]] in his radio series ''Radio/{{Earthsearch}}''.

* In ''[[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'', a space station made of the spaceships of various alien races makes an appearance.
** [[spoiler: Actually, pretty much the entire game takes place in one.]]

* Several levels in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', most notably the Drip Drop Galaxy and the Deep Dark Galaxy which both feature ruined ships.
* The Wario Shipyard in ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'' takes place in an underwater place with many wrecked ships.
* The entire ''rest of the universe'' in ''{{VideoGame/Deadnaut}}'' has ended up at this state in the time it took humanity to finally leave the solar system. Individual derelict ships are ripe for investigation by you and your crew of deadnauts.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the planet Lehon becomes a ship graveyard due to an ancient jamming field installed there to keep wandering ships away from [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the Star Forge]].
** Malachor V is this in the second game, the planet is still orbited by the wrecked fleets destroyed by the superweapon detonated there five years ago.
* The Ord Mantell Junkyard from ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}: Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire''. You jump from rail platform to rail platform, through what looks like a warehouse, a junkyard filled with derelict structures, thousands of ships smashed together, some sort of [[GrimyWater brown toxic stuff]] in the ground that kills you as soon as you fall from the wagons, and end up in a smelter. If you pay attention, you'll see an X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Sandcrawler, AT-AT, AT-ST, Corellian YT-1300 freighter, even a mostly-intact Star Destroyer.

* Haunted Ship in ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}} Adventure.''

* Lost Fleet in ''[[VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon Spyro 3]]'' is filled with sunken ships, but mostly landlocked...It's implied that these ships [[TheSkyIsAnOcean used to fly]], before [[TheMagicGoesAway the magic started to fade]].
* One of the more common backgrounds seen in the ''Franchise/SuperRobotWars'' series has identifiable ships floating as debris in the background. Usually they'll be ships like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Magellan-class, Salamis-class and Musai-class]], especially if the game includes series from Gundam's Universal Century. Depending on the game, units gain improved evasion when in such squares, presumably representing the unit using such debris as cover.
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''

* ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean'' features one of these for its final bonus area. You can pet baby great white sharks there!
** ''VideoGame/EndlessOcean Blue World'' has the Ciceros Strait region, which hosts quite a few shipwrecks. [[ThreateningShark Adult great white sharks will attack you there!]] (Well, at a couple of wrecks on the edges. And there are a couple of one-time dangerous shark encounters at wrecks closer to the middle.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has a few derelict graveyards of ''nuclear cars'' - a few stray shots can start a spectacular chain reaction. Meanwhile the town of Megaton is built from the hulls of planes salvaged from a nearby airbase, not to mention other assorted vehicles. Also, Rivet City is built on a beached aircraft carrier, which in turn houses many derelict planes. The ''Point Lookout'' DLC has numerous derelict boats, including a Chinese spy submarine that is part of one of the side quests.

* ''VideoGame/EveOnline'' has a few of these. The City of God is a rather prominent one, formed from the remains of ancient city in space. Another more recent on is the remains of the battle of B-R5RB, a player battle that broke the record for biggest battle in MMO history. After the battle, wrecks of the 75 titans and various other capital ships were permanently added to that spot.
* The Spaceship Graveyard in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank.''

* The Keyblade Graveyard in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'', the sector President's End has about a dozen burned out capital ships and space stations floating around, leftovers from a Kha'ak attack in ''X2: The Threat''. Many other sectors have smaller graveyards.

* In ''VideoGame/Uncharted3DrakesDeception'', Drake is kidnapped by pirates and has to fight through an entire ship graveyard that the pirates have made their base, and climb over the decaying husks of the boats. The first fight arena here is ThatOneLevel for many players on the harder difficulties.

* ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'' has The Flying Dutchman's Graveyard, which is full of broken ship parts.
* Tau Volantis in Dead Space 3 has the remains of the SCAF flotilla sent there, including 4 intact ships.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' has Libertalia, a Raider fortress built on a flotilla of derelict boats, with a capsized supertanker as the centerpiece.

* In ''{{VideoGame/Foxhole}}'', [[YouRequireMoreVespeneGas component spawn sites]] are filled with tank debris; the rusted out treads and oddly solid hulls are window dressing, but the bombed out tanks with wrecked turrets can be harvested for components and occasionally tech parts.

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* One episode of ''Franchise/GIJoe'' had one. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics They had to rig up a sail on the aircraft carrier to get out.]]

* In the pilot episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the crew first meet Neelix scavenging the starships brought from all over the galaxy by the Caretaker. Neelix gets rather touchy until he's reassured they're not interested in his junk. As with TNG we also see the space-battle aftermath version in "Scorpion" (involving the Borg, ironically enough) and the HonestJohnsDealership version in "Alice". In "Collective", the Delta Flyer gets caught in a MegaMawManeuver by a Borg cube, the interior of which contains several other captured spacecraft whose technology is awaiting assimilation.

** A ''train'' graveyard in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

* In ''VideoGame/Uncharted3DrakesDeception'', Drake is kidnapped by pirates and has to fight through a graveyard that the pirates have made their base, and climb over the decaying husks of the boats. The first fight arena here is ThatOneLevel for many players on the harder difficulties.

* In the Greg Mandel series by Creator/PeterFHamilton, the protagonist sees a field of armored vehicles decommissioned by the communist government that's been (until recently) running Britain. There were supposed to be dismantled under a government program but have just been left to rust and pollute the ground with leaking fuel.

* In the ''Mindstar Rising'' series by Creator/PeterFHamilton, the protagonist sees a field of armored vehicles decommissioned by the communist government that's been (until recently) running Britain. There were supposed to be dismantled under a government program but have just been left to rust and pollute the ground with leaking fuel.

* In the 1946 film ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives'', ex-USAAF bombadier Fred Derry walks through an graveyard of airplanes being stripped for materials to make prefab housing, entering a B-17 nosecone and is momentarily lost in his memories [[MoodWhiplash before being startled out of it]] by a worker demanding to know what he's doing (as Fred is out of a job, he ends up working there).