MuseumShip Blog

84 years ago today, on 30 December 1941, Flower-class corvette HMCS Sackville (K181) was commissioned with Lieutenant W. R. Kirkland in command.
Canadian Naval Memorial Trust, Halifax, NS Canada

45 years ago today, on 30 December 1980, Polish coal and ore freighter SS Soldek was taken out of service after 31 years, and is preserved an a museum ship in Gdańsk, as a part of National Maritime Museum collection.
Museum ship at Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdansku, Gdansk, Poland

82 years ago today, on 29 December 1943, Harbour Defence Motor Launch HMS Medusa was commissioned, TSLt Arthur Maurice Lyddiard RNVR in command.
The Medusa Trust, Gosport, Hampshire, UK

165 years ago today, on 29 December 1860, 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate HMS Warrior was launched at Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall, London.
HMS Warrior 1860 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, UK

22 years ago today, on 27 December 2003, HTMS Prasae, former Tacoma-class frigate USS Gallup (PF-47 ), is put on display as a memorial at the Prasae River, Rayong Province, Thailand

53 years ago today, on 26 December 1972, Soviet Kiev-class aircraft carrier 'Kiev' was launched at Chernomorsky Shipyard 444 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
MuseumShip at Tianjin, China

112 years ago today, on 26 December 1913, Russian empire's icebreaker Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich was launched at the Vulcan Werft, Stettin, Germany.
Now museum ship Suur Tõll at Eesti Meremuuseum in Tallinn, Estonia

113 years ago today, on 24 December 1911, German four-masted steel barque Passat starts her maiden voyage to Valparaiso, where she arrives on 14 March 1912.
MuseumShip in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany

On 22 December 1969, Oberon-class submarine HMAS Onslow (SS60) was commissioned.
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

113 years ago today, on 22 December 1911, former tender of the White Star Line,  SS Nomadic was laid down at Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland
SS Nomadic, Belfast, UK