106 years ago today, on 24 June 1915, HMS M33 was commissioned, LCdr Quintin Bernard Preston-Thomas in command.
MuseumShip at National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK
1764 Hits
MuseumShip Blog
What's happening in museum ship world?
160 years ago today, on 24 June 1861, SS Hjejlen entered service.
MuseumShip SS Hjejlen, Silkeborg, Denamrk
Here seen in 1974 at Himmelbergjet
1415 Hits
On 23 June 1959, Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire (D11) was commissioned at Sydney under the command of Captain Eric J Peel, DSC, RAN.
MuseumShip at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1506 Hits
On 22 June 1967 Oberon-class submarine HMCS Onondaga (S73) was commissioned at Chatham with LCdr Geoffrey Robert Meek, RCN in command.
MuseumShip at Site Historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père, Rimouski, QC, Canada
1882 Hits
On 22 June 1959 River-class frigate HMAS Diamantina (F377) was recommissioned Lt. Commander Bruce Gordon RAN in command.
MuseumShip at Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1602 Hits
On 22 June 2000, Thai HTMS Tachin (PF-1) , former Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Glendale (PF-36), was decommissioned. She is now a museum ship at the Thai Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand.
1643 Hits
50 years ago today, on 22 June 1971 Soviet Foxtrot Class Scorpion (B-427) was launched at Sudomekh Shipyard Leningrad.
1367 Hits
55 years ago today, on 21 June 1970 Daphne-class submarine SAS Johanna van der Merwe - S99 was launched at Dubigeon-Normandy Shipyard, She was renamed to SAS Assegaai - (S99) in 1997.
Assegaai Submarine Museum, Simon's Town, South Africa
1919 Hits
67 years ago today, on 19 June 1958 French Daphne class submarine Flore (S645) keel was laid at Direction des Constructions et Armes navales (DCAN) of Cherbourg.
Sous-marin Flore-S645 & son musée, Lorient, France
1892 Hits
75 years ago today, on 19 June 1951 Tang-class submarine USS Tang (SS-563) was launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard sponsored by Mrs. Ernestine O'Kane, the wife of Richard H. O'Kane.
She was leased (later sold) to Turkey on 8 February 1980 as TCG Pirireis (S343), and is now a museum ship in Izmir, Turkey.
2297 Hits