The Sinking Ships was formed in the autumn of 1979 by former Berlin and Stress members Simon Brighton, Terry Welbourn, Colin Hopkirk, and Nick Green in Wragby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
In 1981, the band's members again decreased to three, and they released their single Dream b/w After the Rain - Live in April 1981 on the Recession label.
[2] In 2021, the band released a compilation album on their Bandcamp entitled The Cinema Clock ...And Other Stories, featuring a number of their songs from their short career together.
– 1981, a compilation album containing live recordings of the band's performances at Carre's Grammar School and the Lincoln College of Art.
[5] Later on, in June 2022, the band released the "Over the Edge"/"History" single, featuring two songs they had recorded in 1987 after a brief reunion.