On 3 May 1933 German three-mast barque Gorch Fock was launched at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
MuseumShip Gorch Fock I, Stralsund, Germany
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On 2 May 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1080 was launched at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc, Hingham, MA.
MuseumShip at the SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, South Korea
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24 years ago today, on 1 May 2002 Italian Sauro class Submarine Nazario Sauro (S518) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Galata Museo de Mare - Genova, Italy
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50 years ago today, on 1 May 1976 Polish Grom-class destroyer ORP Blyskawica H34 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland
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81 years ago today, on 1 May 1945 three mast barque Gorch Fock was scuttled by her crew in shallow waters off Rügen, Germany in an attempt to avoid her capture by the Soviets.
The Soviets ordered her raised in 1947, restored between 1948-50, after which she became the training vessel Tovarishch.
MuseumShip Gorck Fock 1, Stralsund, Germany
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92 years ago today, on April 30 1934, Finnish submarine 'Vesikko' was commissioned. Now a museum ship in Helsinki, Finland.
MuseumShip at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Helsinki, Finland
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On 27 April 1998, Portuguese 50 gun frigate Dom Fernando II e Glória was reinstated in the Portuguese Navy as an Auxiliary Navy Unit (UAM 203).
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41 years ago today, on 27 April 1984, type XXI U-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) , opened as a museum ship in Bremerhaven, Germany, sponsored by the Wilhelm Bauer Technology Museum association.
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on 27 April 1978 Oberon class submarine HMAS Otama (SS62) was commissioned
Future MuseumShip at Victorian Maritime Centre, Crib Point, VIC, Australia
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80 years ago today, on 27 April 1945 River-class frigate HMAS Diamantina (K377) was commissioned with Lt. Commander Maurice Rose RANR in command.
MuseumShip at Queensland Martime Museum, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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