MuseumShip Blog

On 25 November 1942, Type VIIC/41 U-boat U-995 was laid down at Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany.
Museum ship at Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany

On 25 November 1937, Grom-class destroyer ORP Blyskawica (H34) was commissioned, Kmdr por. T. Morgenstern-Podjazd in command.
Museum ship at Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland

89 years ago today, on 24 November 1936, Stalinets-class submarine S-56 was laid down by shipyard #194 in Leningrad.
MuseumShip in Vladivostok, Russia

20 years ago today, on 23 November 2003, Daphne-class submarine SAS Assegaai (S99) was decommissioned.
Now a museum ship in Simon's Town, South Africa.

81 years ago today, on 22 November 1944, C-class destroyer HMS Cavalier (R73) was commissioned and joined the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.
Museum ship at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, UK

156 years ago today, on 22 November 1869, British clipper Cutty Sark was launched at Scott & Linton, Dumbarton, Scotland, sponsored by Mrs. George Moodie, wife of Cutty Sark's first Captain, George Moodie.
Museum Ship Cutty Sark, Greenwich. London, UK

On 20 November 2012, Oberon-class submarine HMCS Ojibwa (S72) arrived at Port Burwell and became part of the new Museum of Naval History, Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada.

81 years ago today, on 20 November 1944, Gearing-class destroyer USS Rogers (DD-876) was launched at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, TX, sponsored by Mrs. Josie Viola Taylor Rogers,
She was transferred to South Korea as ROKS Jeon Ju (DD-925) on 25 July 1981, and is now a museum ship at SapKyoHo National Sightseeing Resort, located at Dangjin-Gun, Chung Nam Province, South Korea

165 years ago today, on 20 November 1860, Danish Frigate Jylland was launched at Naval dockyard Copenhagen, Denmark.
Museum ship Fregatten Jylland, Ebeltoft, Denmark

75 years ago today, on 18 November 1950, Dutch ocean-going tug Holland was laid down at Ferus Smit Shipyards, Westerbroek, Netherlands
Zeesleepboot Holland, Harlingen, Netherlands