On 22 January 1992, Portuguese 50 gun frigate Dom Fernando II e Glória's hull was removed from the mud-flats and set afloat again, placed in a floating dock and transported to the dry dock of the Arsenal of Alfeite first, and in 1993 to the Ria-Marine shipyards in Aveiro, where it remained for the next 5 years being restored.
Museum ship at CCM - Comissão Cultural de Marinha, Almada, Portugal
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160 years ago today, on 20 January 1866, ironclad turret ship Huáscar left England for Peru, commanded by Chilean Captain José María Salcedo, Naval Officer in Peruvian Government's service, who had supervised construction at Laird Brothers yard, on behalf of the Peruvian Navy
MuseumShip in Talcahuano, Chile

73 years ago today, on 17 January 1953, Agressive-class minesweeper AM-483 was launched at Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI. She was transferred to the Netherlands as HNLMS Onverschrokken (M886) as part of MDAP, later renamed HNLMS Mercuur (A856) and is now MuseumShip Hr.Ms. Mercuur, Vlissingen, Netherlands
109 years ago today, on 16 January 1917, CGS (Canadian Government Ship) Acadia was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Acadia.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada
79 years ago today, on 15 January 1947, Fletcher class destroyer USS Charrette (DD-581) was decommissioned.
She was transferred to Greece in 1959 as 'Velos', and is now a museum ship in Thessaloniki
81 years ago today, on 13 January 1945, Type XXI U-boat U-2540 (Wilhelm Bauer) , was launched at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
MuseumShip at Technikmuseum, Bremerhaven, Germany
17 years ago today, on 22 January 2009, Gearing-class destroyer ROCS Te Yang (DDG-925) is being towed to the Anping Port in Tainan City where it is now a museum ship.
安平定情碼頭-德陽艦園區, Tainan City, Taiwan
158 years ago today, on 18 January 1868, Dutch Schorpioen-class ironclad ram ship HNLMS Schorpioen , was launched at Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France.
Museum ship at Marinemuseum, Den Helder, Netherlands 
58 years ago today, on 13 January 1968, Amphion-class submarine HMS Alliance (P417) ran aground on Bembridge Ledge off the Isle of Wight. Three days later she was refloated with the help of Admiralty tugs.
Royal Navy Submarine Museum at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK
70 years ago today, on 12 January 1956, Swedish Halland-class destroyer HSwMS Småland was commissioned.
Museum ship at Maritiman, Gothenburg, Sweden.







