page_title: Motherbank
hierarchical_section_title: Motherbank
caption_attribution_description: English: The Cuffnells at the Mother Bank; Built on the yard of Randall at Rotherhithe, London for Sir Robert Preston; launched 9 May 1796 under the name Cuffnells.
context_page_description: The Motherbank is a shallow sandbar off the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight in England. It lies in the Solent between Cowes and Ryde.
  The Motherbank is located near historically significant ports and anchorages such as Portsmouth, Spithead, Southampton, and St. Helen's Bay, and has long served as an important anchorage itself. Merchant ships have anchored at the Motherbank for centuries.
  The Royal Navy for many years anchored old, decommissioned warships at the Motherbank while they awaited disposal. An old warship might be anchored there for anything between several weeks and several years before being sold, scrapped or sunk as a target.
context_section_description: The Motherbank is a shallow sandbar off the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight in England. It lies in the Solent between Cowes and Ryde.
  The Motherbank is located near historically significant ports and anchorages such as Portsmouth, Spithead, Southampton, and St. Helen's Bay, and has long served as an important anchorage itself. Merchant ships have anchored at the Motherbank for centuries.
  The Royal Navy for many years anchored old, decommissioned warships at the Motherbank while they awaited disposal. An old warship might be anchored there for anything between several weeks and several years before being sold, scrapped or sunk as a target.
caption: Cuffnells, an East India Company ship, at the Motherbank. (Painting The Cuffnells at the Mother Bank (1796) by Robert Dodd).
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