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Constitution launched

228 years ago today, on 21 October 1797, three-masted heavy frigate USS Constitution was launched at Edmund Hartt's shipyard, Boston, MA
USS Constitution, Charlestown, MA

 

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Belfast becomes museum ship

54 years ago today, on 21 October 1971, Town-class light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) became a museum ship on Trafalgar Day.
Museum ship HMS Belfast, London, UK

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Soldek entered service

76 years ago today, on 21 October 1949, Polish coal and ore freighter SS Soldek entered service for Polska Żegluga Morska.
Now a museum ship at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku,  Gdansk, Poland.

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