MuseumShip Blog

59 years ago today, on 30 November 1966, Oslo-class frigate HNoMS Narvik (F304) was commissioned.
Museumsskipet KNM Narvik, Horten, Norway

On 1 December 1991, after exactly 20 years of service, Redoutable-class ballistic missile submarine Le Redoutable (S611) was decommissioned.
Now a museum ship at La Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France

82 years ago today, on 30 November 1943, small tug 'ST-252' was delivered to the US Army, by Levingston Shipbuilding Co, Orange, Texas
Now museum ship Fonden Jakob, Risskov, Denmark

60 years ago today, on 29 November 1965, passenger liner SS Keewatin was taken out of service after 57 years of service.
MuseumShip at Museum of the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

59 years ago today, on 29 November 1966, Oberon-class submarine HMAS Otway (S 59) was launched at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland, sponsored by Princess Marina: the first RAN submarine and second RAN vessel after the cruiser HMAS Canberra to be launched by a member of the Royal Family.
Holbrook Submarine Museum, Holbrook, NSW, Australia

74 years ago today, on 29 November 1951, Sverdlov-class cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov was launched at shipyard # 444 in Nikolaev City
Museum ship in Novorossiysk, Russia

53 years ago today, on 1 December 1971, Redoutable-class submarine Le Redoutable (S611) was commissioned.
Museum ship at Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France

29 years ago today, on 1 December 1995, Oberon-class submarine HMAS Ovens (S70) was decommissioned.
Museum ship at WA Museum Boola Bardip, Fremantle, WA, Australia

On 28 November 1969, hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia was retired from active service and transferred to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography for use as a museum ship.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada

17 years ago today, on 27 November 2008, Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2 was retired from active service, and handed over to her new owners at Port Rashid in Dubai.
The QE2 Dubai, UAE