A drone pilot has captured footage of abandoned "ghost ships" off the coast of Virginia.

The first person view operated drone footage shows a series of concrete ships close to the Kiptopeke shore.

The ghost ships are not the result of a failed maritime endeavour, but were used as a water-break to protect a ferry port that once launched ships carrying passengers across the Chesapeake Bay.

Drone pilot Joshua M Allen told Newsflare: "[I was] in Virginia at the shoreline attempting to fly almost one mile out into the ocean to get some rare and beautiful footage of the amazing ghost ships.

"We experienced high winds off the ocean this day and the amount of birds made it extremely difficult to get this type of stabilized footage.

"Sometimes risking it all is the only way we get the footage we want and what a epic finish to this epic day!"

Im a video storyteller, editor and FPV pilot. Im with my good friend Illinvillainfpv in Virginia at the shore line attempting to fly alomst 1 mile out into the ocean to get some rare and beautiful footage of the amazing ghost ships. We experienced high winds off the ocean this day and the amount of birds made it extremely difficult to get this type of stabilized footage. Sometimes risking it all is the only way we get the footage we want and what a epic finish to this epic day!