On 24 July 1940, Bathurst-class corvette, HMAS Whyalla (J153) was laid down at Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd in whyalla, south Australia.
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On 24 July 1936, Thai HTMS Maeklong was laid down at the Uraga Dock Company, Uraga, Japan.
MuseumShip in Samut Prakan, Thailand
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On 23 July 1759, the 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, HMS Victory , was laid down at the Chatham Dockyard.
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On 22 July 1943, German museum ship Type-VII submarine U-995 was launched at Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany.
Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany
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On 22 July 1954, Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Onverschrokken (M886) was commissioned. She was built as the AM-480 class fleet minesweeper AM-483 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI, and transferred to the Netherlands under the MDAP.
MuseumSchip Hr.Ms. Mercuur, Vlissingen, Netherlands
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On July 21 1982, Brazilian Cannon-class destroyer 'Commandante Bauru' (former USS McAnn - DE-179) became a museum ship in Rio de Janiero.
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On 21 July 1970, Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier 'Kiev' was laid down at Chernomorsky Shipyard 444 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
MuseumShip at Binhai Aircraft Park, a theme park in Tianjin, China.
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On 20 July 1927, pilot-boat/lighthouse tender SS John Oxley was launched at Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland.
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On 19 July 1843, passenger steamship SS Great Britain was launched at William Patterson Shipbuilders in Bristol, England.
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