This list of museum ships is a sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable boats or dugout canoes or the like. This list does not include submarines; see List of submarine museums for those. This includes ships currently or formerly serving as museums or preserved at museums. This includes ships on static display or floating and perhaps sometimes used for excursions. It includes only genuine historic ships; replica ships, some associated with museums, are listed separately in the List of ship replicas.
Some historic ships actively used for excursions, and not previously or currently associated with museums, are included in the list of classic vessels. For shipwrecks that may be visited by diving, including some perhaps associated with museums, see List of shipwrecks.
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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KDB Maharajalela [12] | 1965 | Brunei | Patrol boat | Royal Brunei Armed Forces Museum, Bolkiah Garrison, Jalan Pertahanan, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 4°55′39″N114°56′11″E / 4.92743°N 114.93643°E | P22 | |
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Dabie Shan [14] | China | Shandong | Qingdao, China | United States | 1944 | Landing Ship, Tank | Dismantled between 2005 and 2007 | Formerly USS LST-1008 | |
Nanchong (502) | China | Shandong | Qingdao, China | China | 1966 | Frigate | Scrapped in 2012 | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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INS Chamak [27] | 1976 | India | Missile boat | Pune, Maharashtra | ||
INS Chapal [28] | 1976 | India | Missile boat | Rabindranath Tagore Beach, Karwar, Karnataka, India 14°48′52″N74°07′37″E / 14.81436°N 74.12706°E | ||
INS Chatak [29] | 1977 | India | Missile boat | INS Venduruthy, Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala, India 9°57′14″N76°16′51″E / 9.95381°N 76.280873°E | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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INS Vikrant [30] | India | Maharashtra | Mumbai | United Kingdom | 1945 | Aircraft carrier | Closed in 2012, scrapped in 2014 | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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MV Doulos Phos [31] | 1914 | United States | Ocean liner | Bintan, Indonesia 1°09′39″N104°18′58″E / 1.16092°N 104.31621°E | Opened as a hotel and museum in 2019 | |
KRI Harimau [32] | 1959 | Indonesia | Fast attack craft | Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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INS Af Al Pi Chen [33] | 1942 | United Kingdom | Landing craft tank | Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel 32°49′48″N34°58′15″E / 32.83011°N 34.97079°E | Former HMS LCT 147 | |
INS Dabur [34] | 1970 | Israel | Patrol boat | Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel | ||
INS Mivtach [35] | 1967 | Israel | Missile boat | Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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SS Oriana [46] | Japan | Ōita Prefecture | Beppu | United Kingdom | 1959 | Ocean liner | Museum ship in Beppu from 1987 to 1995. Floating hotel in Shanghai from 1999 to 2002. Tourist attraction in Dalian from 2002 to 2004. Damaged in a storm in 2004, scrapped in 2005. | Was known as “The Queen of the Sea” | |
Okinoshima | Japan | Fukuoka | Tsuyazaki | Russian Empire | 1896 | Coastal defense ship | Scrapped in 1939 after being damaged by storms | Former General-Admiral Apraksin | |
Shiga | Japanese Empire | Kantō region | Chiba | Japan | 1945 | Kaibōkan | Scrapped in 1998 | ||
Yamato 1 | Japan | Kansai region | Kobe | Japan | 1991 | Experimental ship | Preserved at Kobe Maritime Museum until scrapped in 2016 | ||
Yōtei Maru [47] | Japan | Kantō region | Tokyo | Japan | 1965 | Train ferry | Scrapped 2012–2013 | ||
The Kuwaiti Maritime Museum in Salmiya, Kuwait, holds replicas of a number of different types of dhows. [48] The Al-Hashemi-II (1997-2001), in Kuwait City, Kuwait, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest wooden dhow ever built; it has never been floated and is used for events. These do not seem to qualify as historic ships preserved in museums so they are not listed here.
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Admiral Nevelskoi [49] | 1982 | Soviet Union | Yacht | Admiral Nevelskoi Maritime Museum Avenue Surath, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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KD Hang Tuah [50] | 1966 | United Kingdom | Frigate | RMN Lumut Naval Base | Former HMS Mermaid | |
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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KD Rahmat [51] | Malaysia | Perak | Lumut | Malaysia | 1967 | Frigate | Sprung a leak in 2018 and later scrapped | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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UBS Mayu | 1942 | United Kingdom | Frigate | Myanmar Naval Training Headquarters, Seikkyi, Myanmar | Former HMS Fal, first flagship of the Burmese Navy | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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USS Pueblo [52] | 1944 | United States | Technical research ship | Victorious War Museum, Pyongyang, North Korea 39°02′26″N125°44′23″E / 39.04051°N 125.73974°E | Seized by North Korea during the Pueblo incident in 1968 | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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PNS Mujahid [53] | 1956 | Pakistan | Minesweeper | Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan 24°53′10″N67°05′24″E / 24.88621°N 67.09003°E | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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ROKS Jeonbuk | South Korea | Gangwon | Gangneung | United States | 1945 | Destroyer | Land-based museum ship from 1999 to 2021. Scrapped in late 2021. [62] [63] | Former USS Everett F. Larson | |
ROKS Kang Won [64] | South Korea | Gyeongsangnam-do | Jinhae | United States | 1945 | Destroyer | Scrapped in 2016–2017 [65] | Former USS William R. Rush | |
ROKS Suyeong | South Korea | Gyeongsangnam-do | Goseong | United States | 1944 | Landing Ship, Tank | Closed in 2017, returned to the South Korean Navy in 2020 [66] | Former USS LST-853 | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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ROCS Te Yang [67] | 1945 | United States | Destroyer | Anping Port, Tainan, Taiwan 22°59′19″N120°09′23″E / 22.988555°N 120.156338°E | Former USS Sarsfield | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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HTMS Chumpohn [68] | 1937 | Kingdom of Italy | Torpedo boat | Chumphon Province, Thailand | ||
HTMS Maeklong [69] | 1936 | Japanese Empire | Corvette | Chulachomklao Fort, Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province, Thailand | ||
HTMS Pangan | 1945 | United States | Landing Ship, Tank | Koh Phangan, Thailand | Former USS Stark County | |
HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai [70] | 1970 | United States | Frigate | Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip District, Bangkok, Thailand | Former USS Ouellet | |
HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok [71] | 1973 | United States | Frigate | Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip District, Bangkok, Thailand | Former USS Truett | |
HTMS Prasae [72] | 1943 | United States | Frigate | Pak Nam Krasae, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand 12°41′49″N101°42′17″E / 12.69694°N 101.70460°E | Former USS Gallup | |
HTMS Tachin | 1943 | United States | Frigate | Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand | Former USS Glendale | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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TCG Ege [73] | 1972 | United States | Frigate | İnciraltı Sea Museum, İzmir, Turkey 38°24′45″N27°02′05″E / 38.412500°N 27.034700°E | Former USS Ainsworth | |
TCG Gayret [74] | 1946 | United States | Destroyer | Izmit, Turkey 40°45′36″N29°55′00″E / 40.76009°N 29.91677°E | Former USS Eversole | |
Nusret [75] | 1915 | Ottoman Empire | Minelayer | Mersin Naval Museum, Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey | ||
Tarihi Kadırga [76] | c. 1575 [lower-alpha 1] | Ottoman Empire | Galley | Istanbul Naval Museum, Istanbul, Turkey 41°02′30″N29°00′20″E / 41.04167°N 29.00556°E | Owned by Mehmed IV (1648–1687), only surviving galley in the world | |
TCG Yarhisar | 1964 | United States | Patrol boat | Gölcük, Kocaeli, Turkey 40°43′24″N29°50′07″E / 40.72335°N 29.83518°E | Former USS PC-1640 | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Queen Elizabeth 2 | 1967 | United Kingdom | Ocean liner | Mina Rashid, Dubai | Floating hotel and museum. | |
Australia, New Zealand, part of Indonesia and even part of the United States are included in the continent of Oceania, broadly defined. There are no known museum ships in the Oceania part of Indonesia. See List of museum ships in the United States subsection of this "List of museum ships" for the few in Hawaii.
Note there are more in Commons category:Museum ships of Australia, though some may be replicas.
Ship | Image | Preservation location | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Baragoola | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | 1922 | Ferry | Sank at her moorings on January 1, 2022 | ||
Falie | Netherlands | 1920 | Ketch | Rebuilt in 1982 by government of South Australia, did overnight charters from 1986 until evaluated as not seaworthy in 2005 | One of last sail-powered trading vessels in Australian waters | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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TSS Earnslaw [95] | 1912 | New Zealand | Twin-screw steamer | Lake Wakatipu, Otago Region, New Zealand 45°3′S168°30′E / 45.050°S 168.500°E | In active service as a Living museum on Lake Wakatipu | |
Edwin Fox [96] | 1853 | British Raj | Barque | Edwin Fox Maritime Centre, Picton, New Zealand 41°17′6″S174°0′24″E / 41.28500°S 174.00667°E | ||
Hikitia | 1926 | United Kingdom | Steam crane | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Lyttelton | 1907 | United Kingdom | Steam tug | Lyttelton, Canterbury Region, New Zealand | Seaworthy condition | |
William C Daldy | 1935 | United Kingdom | Steam tug | Auckland, New Zealand | Seaworthy condition | |
Ship | Image | Preservation location | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Rapaki [97] | Auckland, New Zealand | United Kingdom | 1925 | Steam crane | Towed for scrapping in December 2018 | Some parts were given to her sister ship, Hikitia | |
HMNZS Manawanui | Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand | New Zealand | 1945 | Tugboat | Scrapped at an unknown date | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Museum or location | Fate |
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RAM Poderoso [111] | 1911 | Chile | Tug | Talcahuano, Chile 36°42′48″S73°06′36″W / 36.71346°S 73.11008°W | Damaged and capsized by the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami. Remains on its side in 2023. [112] | |
Includes examples in Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.
Technically a few ships on the Istanbul side of the Bosporus and Dardanelles are in Europe, but all of Turkey's museum ships are presented together in the Asia section of this "List of museum ships".
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Niederösterreich (A604) [113] | 1969 | Austria | Patrol boat | Museum of Military History, Vienna, Austria | Schiffswerft Korneuburg, Korneuburg, Austria | |
Ship | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes | |
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Amandine [114] | 1962 | Belgium | Fishing Boat | Ostend, Belgium | ||
Amical [115] | 1914 | Belgium | Tugboat | National Maritime Museum of Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Antwerpen 70 [116] | 1968 | Belgium | Tugboat | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Mercator [117] | 1932 | United Kingdom | Barquentine | Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium 51°13′38″N2°55′14″E / 51.22722°N 2.92056°E | ||
P903 Meuse [118] | 1953 | Belgium | Patrol Boat | Royal Military Museum, Brussels, Belgium | ||
Oudenaarde [119] | 1959 | Belgium | Minesweeper | National Maritime Museum of Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Tordino [120] | 1922 | Netherlands | Spits | Oudenburg, West Flanders, Belgium | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Drazki [121] | 1907 | Principality of Bulgaria | Torpedo boat | Varna Naval Museum, Varna, Bulgaria | ||
Radetzky [122] | 1851 | Austrian Empire | Steamship | Kozloduy, Bulgaria | Hijacked by poet-revolutionary Hristo Botev in 1876; destroyed; reconstructed with some original pieces in 1918. | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Galeb [123] | 1938 | Kingdom of Italy | Presidential yacht | Rijeka, Croatia | ||
Vridni [124] | 1894 | Austria-Hungary | Harbor tug | Split, Croatia | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Claus Sørensen E.1 [125] | 1931 | Denmark | Fishing vessel | Fisheries and Maritime Museum, Esbjerg, Denmark | ||
Elbjørn | 1954 | Denmark | Icebreaker | Aalborg, Denmark | ||
Gedser Rev [126] | 1895 | Denmark | Lightvessel | National Museum of Denmark, Helsingør, Denmark | ||
Jylland [127] | 1860 | Denmark | Screw frigate | Ebeltoft, Denmark | Participated in the 1864 Battle of Heligoland | |
HDMS Peder Skram [128] | 1965 | Denmark | Frigate | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
HDMS Sehested [129] | 1977 | Denmark | Fast Attack Craft | Holmen Naval Base, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Skuldelev ships | 10th-century | Denmark | Viking ships | Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark | ||
HDMS Søbjørnen [130] [131] | 1964 | Denmark | Torpedo boat | Aalborg, Denmark | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Kong Frederik IX [132] | Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Roskilde, Denmark | Denmark | 1954 | Ferry | Closed in 2001, scrapped in 2005 | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Duchesse Anne [151] | 1901 | German Empire | Full-rigged ship | Dunkirk, France | ||
Entreprenant [152] | 1965 | France | Tugboat | Dunkirk, France | ||
FNRS III [153] | 1953 | France | Bathyscaphe | Toulon, France | ||
France I [154] | 1958 | France | Weather ship | Musée maritime de La Rochelle | ||
Hémérica [155] | 1957 | France | Fishing trawler | Musée de la pêche de Concarneau, Concarneau, France | ||
Joshua [156] | 1962 | France | Ketch | Musée maritime de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France | ||
Maillé-Brézé (D627) [157] | 1957 | France | Destroyer | Nantes, France 47°12′24″N1°34′18″W / 47.20667°N 1.57167°W | ||
PS Princess Elizabeth [158] | 1927 | United Kingdom | Paddle steamer | Dunkirk, France | ||
ST-488 [159] | 1944 | United States | Harbor tug | Le Havre, France 49°29′10″N0°07′28″E / 49.4862°N 0.1245°E | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Colbert [160] | France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | Bordeaux | France | 1956 | Guided missile cruiser | Scrapped in 2016. | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Kranich P6083 [178] | Germany | Lower Saxony | Bremerhaven | Germany | 1959 | Fast Attack Craft | Scrapped in 2008 | ||
Seute Deern | Germany | Bremen | Bremerhaven | United States | 1919 | barque | Scrapped between 2020 and 2021 | Served as a restaurant | |
Georg Büchner [179] | Germany | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock | Belgium | 1951 | Ocean liner | Sank while under tow for scrapping in 2013 | Former Charlesville | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Evangelistria [180] | Greece | Aegean Maritime Museum, Mykonos, Greece | ||||
Georgios Averof [181] | 1910 | Kingdom of Italy | Armored cruiser | Palaio Faliro, Greece 37°56′02″N23°41′01″E / 37.93389°N 23.68361°E | World's only surviving armored cruiser carried the Greek Government in Exile back to Athens in 1944 | |
SS Hellas Liberty [182] | 1943 | United States | Cargo ship | Piraeus, Greece 37°56′32″N23°37′51″E / 37.94229°N 23.63078°E | Former SS Arthur M. Huddell | |
Thalis o Milisios [183] | 1908 | Kingdom of Greece | Cable layer | Palaio Faliro, Greece | ||
HNS Velos [184] | 1942 | United States | Destroyer | Palaio Faliro, Greece 37°56′03″N23°41′05″E / 37.93417°N 23.68472°E | Former USS Charrette | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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FK 312 [185] | 1872 | Austria-Hungary | Tugboat | Balatonboglár, Hungary | ||
Kossuth [186] | 1913 | Austria-Hungary | Paddle steamer | Kossuth Museumship, Közlekedési Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary | ||
SMS Leitha [187] | 1871 | Austria-Hungary | Monitor | Budapest, Hungary 47°30′31″N19°02′41″E / 47.50871°N 19.04478°E | First river monitor in Europe; served in World War I | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Museum or location |
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ICGV Óðinn [188] | 1959 | Iceland | Offshore patrol vessel | Vikin Maritime Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Lurgan Canoe | 2000 BC | Ireland | Dugout canoe | National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland | Longest dugout canoe ever found, from the early Bronze Age | |
Asgard (yacht) | 1905 | Ireland | Yacht | Dublin, Ireland | Howth gun-runner in 1914 | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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SS Conte Biancamano | 1925 | Kingdom of Italy | Ocean liner | Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy | ||
Ebe [189] | 1921 | Kingdom of Italy | Barquentine | Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy | ||
MAS 15 [190] | 1916 | Kingdom of Italy | Torpedo boat | Vittoriano, Rome, Italy | ||
MAS 96 [191] | 1917 | Kingdom of Italy | Torpedo boat | Vittoriale degli italiani, Italy | ||
MS 472 | 1942 | Kingdom of Italy | Motor torpedo boat | Marina di Ravenna, Italy | ||
MS 473 | 1942 | Kingdom of Italy | Motor torpedo boat | Museo Storico Navale, Venice, Italy | ||
MZ 737 | 1942 | Kingdom of Italy | Motozattera | Venetian Arsenal, Venice, Italy | ||
Pietro Micca [192] | 1895 | Kingdom of Italy | Tugboat | Fiumicino, Italy | ||
Puglia [193] | 1898 | Kingdom of Italy | Protected cruiser | Vittoriale degli italiani, Italy | Only the bow is preserved | |
Ship | Image | Year | Type | Location | Notes | Fate |
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Nemi ships | 1st century AD | Barges | Lake Nemi | Caligula's Roman ships | Destroyed by fire in 1944 | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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P23 [194] | 1967 | United States | Patrol boat | Hay Wharf, AFM Base, off Qala, Gozo, Malta | Former USS PCF 813 | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Type | Location | Notes |
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Submarine Anorep 1 [213] | 1966 | Bathyscaphe | Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, Monaco-Ville 43°43′52″N7°25′33″E / 43.73102°N 7.42582°E | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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ORP Burza | Poland | Pomeranian Voivodeship | Gdynia, Poland | France | 1929 | Destroyer | Scrapped in 1977 | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Dom Fernando II e Glória [217] | 1843 | Kingdom of Portugal | Frigate | Cacilhas, Almada, Portugal 38°41′12″N9°08′46″W / 38.686603°N 9.146154°W | ||
MV Funchal | 1961 | Portugal | Ocean liner | Cais Da Matinha, Port of Lisbon, Portugal 38°45′00″N9°05′35″W / 38.749881°N 9.093024°W | Undergoing refurbishment for hotel/museum use | |
Gil Eannes [218] | 1955 | Portugal | Hospital ship | Viana do Castelo, Portugal 41°41′24″N8°49′49″W / 41.6901°N 8.8304°W | ||
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Tver [230] | Soviet Union | Republic of Tatarstan | Kazan, Soviet Union | Russian Empire | 1767 | Galley | Destroyed by fire in 1956 | ||
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Museum or location |
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Yugoslav monitor Sava | 1904 | Austria-Hungary | Monitor | Belgrade | |
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Museum or location |
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Hidria Segundo | 1966 | Spain | Cargo ship | Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain | |
La Palma [231] | 1912 | Kingdom of Spain | Steamship | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain | |
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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HMS Bronington [334] | United Kingdom | England | Birkenhead, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1953 | Minesweeper | Sank at its moorings in 2016 | ||
TSS T/T Calshot [335] | United Kingdom | England | Southampton, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1929 | Tug tender | Scrapped in 2022 | ||
City of Ragusa | United Kingdom | England | Liverpool, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1870 | Yawl | 20-foot (6.1 m) ship's converted lifeboat, used for double transatlantic crossing. In Liverpool Museum until 1941 when destroyed by a bomb. | ||
Jacinta [336] | United Kingdom | England | Fleetwood, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1972 | Trawler | Scrapped in 2019. | ||
TSS Manxman | United Kingdom | England | Birkenhead, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1955 | Packet steamer | Scrapped from 2011–2012 | ||
HMS Plymouth | United Kingdom | England | Birkenhead, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1959 | Frigate | Scrapped in 2014 after closure of Warship Preservation Trust | ||
ST Sea Alarm | United Kingdom | Wales | Cardiff, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 1941 | Tugboat | Scrapped in 1998 | ||
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The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) is the naval arm of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is classed as the country's most vital defence force due to its island geography and is responsible for the maritime defence of the Sri Lankan nation and its interests. The role of the Sri Lanka Navy is to conduct operations at sea for the defence of the nation and its interests and conduct prompt and sustainable combat operations at sea in accordance with the national policies.
His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. The largest naval base in Western Europe, HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England.
TSS T/T Calshot was a tug tender built in 1929 by John I Thornycroft & Co, and completed in 1930 for the Red Funnel Line. Calshot was one of only three surviving classical tender ships which served the great ocean liners, another example is the SS Nomadic, which tendered the ill-fated RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage at Cherbourg, France. The third being the Manchester Ship Canal's Daniel Adamson. In her career, Calshot has tendered some of the most famous ocean liners ever built, such as the RMS Caronia, the Cunard Queens RMS Queen Elizabeth and RMS Queen Mary, the SS United States, and the White Star Line ship RMS Olympic. During World War II she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty for servicing troop ships and took part in D-Day. She was a registered vessel of the National Historic Fleet of the United Kingdom, holding Certificate No. 1.
Innes McCartney is a British nautical archaeologist and historian. He is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University in the UK.
HMS Castle Harbour was a civilian harbour vessel of 730 tons that was taken-up from trade (TUFT) during the Second World War by the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda for use by the Royal Naval Examination Service and later armed and commissioned as a warship, providing harbour defence from submarines.
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