MuseumShip Blog

On 30 September 1971, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine HMS Alliance (P417) experiences a fatal battery explosion.

95 years ago today, on 30 September 1929, Japanese ocean liner Hikawa Maru was launched at Yokohama Dock Co.
Now a museum ship in Yokohama, Japan.

On 29 September 1941, Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida (G63) was laid down at Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Newcastle-Upon-tyne.
Friends of HMCS Haida, Hamilton, ON, Canada

110 years ago today, on 29 September 1914, C-class light cruiser HMS Caroline was launched at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England, by Lady Lawrence Power
MuseumShip HMS Caroline in Belfast, UK

On 28 September 1942, Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was commissioned into Australian Navy as HMAS Abraham Crijnssen, Lieutenant Arthur Irwin Chapman, RANR in command. She was reclassified as an anti-submarine convoy escort, and was also used as a submarine tender for the Dutch submarines that relocated to Australia following the Japanese conquest.
MuseumShip at Marinemuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands

62 years ago today, on 27 September 1962, Oberon-class submarine HMS Onyx was laid down at Chatham Dockyard.
During construction the submarine was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, and was launched as HMCS Ojibwa. The submarine was named after the Ojibwe First Nations people, and was assigned the pennant number S 72.
Now a museum ship at the Museum of Naval History in Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada.

On 26 September 1942, Essex class Aircraft carrier USS Lexington CV-16 was launched at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson.
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, Corpus Christi, TX

On 26 September 1934, British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary was launched at John Brown and Company, Clydebank Scotland. Sponsored by Queen Mary

On 26 September 1906, schooner Governor Stone sinks in Hurricane in Heron Bay Alabama. This must have been 'Hurricane Six' which moved in on the evening of the 26th.