MuseumShip Blog

On 20 March 1946 Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida (G63) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Friends of HMCS Haida, Hamilton, ON, Canada

88 years ago today, on 17 March 1938 Town-class light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) was launched at Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, UK, sponsored by Anne Chamberlain, the wife of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
MuseumShip HMS Belfast, London, UK

79 years ago today, on 16 March 1945, LST-542-class USS LST-1134 was launched at Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
Transferred to Thailand as HTMS Pangan (LST-13) on 16 May 1966, and now a museum ship in Ko Pha-ngan district, Surat Thani, Thailand

74 years ago today, on 15 March 1952 Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Haida (DDE215) was recommissioned, Cdr. Dunn Lantier in command.
MuseumShip at Friends of HCMS Haida, Hamilton, ON, Canada

On 15 March 1982, type XXI U-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540) , was decommissioned for the final time.
MuseumShip at Deutsches Schifffahrtmuseum - DSM, Bremerhaven, Germany

114 years ago today, on March 15 1912, Dutch logger Balder (VL.92) was laid down at de Jong's Shipyard in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.
MuseumShip at Stichting Zeillogger Balder, Vlaardingen, Netherlands

On 14 March 1955 Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip in Vladivostok, Russia

19 years ago today, on 13 March 2007 Fremantle-class patrol boat HMAS Gladstone P216 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Gladstone Maritime Museum, Gladstone, QLD, Australia.

On 13 March 1945 Royal Navy A-class, Amphion-class or Acheron-class submarine HMS Alliance P-417 was laid down at Vickers Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, England.
MuseumShip at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, part of National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK

116 years ago today, on March 12 1910, Greek Pisa-class armored cruiser Georgios Averof was launched at Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno, Italy.
MuseumShip at the Naval Tradition Park, Palayio Faliro, Greece