MuseumShip Blog

15 years ago today, on 31 March 2011 C-class light cruiser HMS Caroline was decommissioned.
HMS Caroline at National Museum of the Royal Navy, Belfast, UK

72 years ago today, on 31 March 1954, Russian Whiskey-class submarine S-189 was laid down at the S. Ordhonikidze yard in Leningrad (Saint Peterburg), Russia
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia

202 years ago today, on 30 March 1824 Leda-class frigate HMS Unicorn was launched at Royal Dockyard, Chatham, Kent England.
MuseumShip HMS Unicorn, Dundee, UK

27 years ago today, on 30 March 1999, Australian Oberon-class submarine HMAS Onslow SS-60 was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

On 29 March 1967, ballistic missile submarine Le Redoutable (S611) was launched at DCN Cherbourg.
MuseumShip at Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France.

35 years ago today, on 29 March 1989 French Daphne-class submarine Flore (S645) was decommissioned.
MuseumShip at Sous-marin Flore-S645 & son Musée, Lorient, France

83 years ago today, on 28 March 1943 C-class destroyer HMS Cavalier (R73) was laid down at J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes, Isle of Wight
MuseumShip at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK

81 years ago today, on 26 March 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was commissioned, Cmdr. C. B. Smiley in command.
She was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925) on 25 July 1981.
Museumship at Sapgyo Lake Naval Park, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea

On 21 March 1901 RRS Discovery was launched into the Firth of Tay by Lady Markham, the wife of Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society. at Dundee Shipbuilders Company, Dundee.
MuseumShip at Discovery Point and RRS Discovery, Dundee, UK

On 21 March 1994 the last Dutch Lightship Noord Hinder (Lightship #12) was decommissioned.
Lichtschip 12 Noord Hinder, Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands