Abstract: A device for lifting and hammering the foundation piles of offshore structures, consisting of a long support element having a length of the order of twenty meters, to be inserted into the foundation pile which is to be driven into the sea bed, said element being suspended from a crane and being provided at its lower end with an expansion-type gripping clamp and at its upper end with a hammering system comprising a striking weight or hammer slidable along said support element until a limit stop is reached. Preferred embodiments are also provided.