80 years ago today, on 9 May 1945 German Type VIIC/41 submarine U-995 surrendered at Trondheim, Norway
MuseumShip at Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany
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112 years ago today, on 8 May 1913 CGS Acadia launched at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada
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21 years ago today, on 8 May 2004 Spanish Daphne class submarine Delfin (S-61) became a museumship in Torrevieja, Spain.
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97 years ago today, on 7 May 1928 Canadian mounted police schooner RCMP St. Roch was launched at Burrard Dry Dock Shipyards.
MuseumShip in Vancouver, CA
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260 years ago today, on 7 May 1765, 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy HMS Victory was launched at Chatham Dockyard.
MuseumShip HMS Victory at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK
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161 years ago today, on 7 May 1864 Clipper City of Adelaide was launched at William Pile, Hay and Co.
MuseumShip Clipper Ship City of Adelaide, Port Adelaide, SA Australia.
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45 years ago today, on 6 May 1980, type XXI U-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) , collides with German destroyer Z-3 (D172), former Fletcher-class destroyer USS Wadsworth (DD-516).
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On 5 May 1943 Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper HMAS Abraham Crijnssen was decommissioned and returned by the RAN to Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen.
MuseumShip at MarineMuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands
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On 5 May 1977 Willemoes-class fast attack craft HDMS Sehested (P547) was launched at Frederikshavn Værft A/S, Denmark.
MuseumShip at Museet Skibene på Holmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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On 5 May 1985, EML Lembit opened to the public as a war memorial.
Museumship at Lennusadam, Tallinn, Estonia
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