Museum ships

The Alma is an 1891 built scow schooner, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alma (1891)"

The Arctic Corsair is a deep-sea trawler that was converted to a museum in 1999. It is berthed in the river Hull in Hull, England, and is part of the city's Museums Quarter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arctic Corsair"

The B-39 is a Soviet Project 641 (NATO designation: Foxtrot) diesel-powered submarine. Commissioned in the early 1970s, she was assigned to the Soviet Pacific fleet. She carried 24 torpedoes with low-yield nuclear warheads while on patrol. She had a crew of 78 and a maximum operating depth of 985 feet. Currently, she is on display at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. ...more on Wikipedia about "B-39 (submarine)"

Balclutha is a steel-hulled squared rigged sailing ship, built in 1886. She is named after the town of Balclutha in New Zealand and is currently preserved at San Francisco, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balclutha (1886)"

The Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), built in 1628 in Amsterdam, which was struck by mutiny and shipwreck during her maiden voyage, upon which a drama followed. Batavia is also the name of a replica of the same ship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Batavia (ship)"

The Berkeley was a ferryboat that operated out of the San Francisco Bay for sixty years. Built in 1898, she served after the 1906 earthquake, ferrying refugees across the bay to Oakland. She has been in San Diego since 1973, where she currently serves as the main "building" of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berkeley (ferryboat)"

Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province. The name "bluenose" originated as a nick-name for Nova Scotians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bluenose"

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The C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895, now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park . ...more on Wikipedia about "C.A. Thayer (1895)"

The "Official Tall ship Ambassador for the State of California", The Californinan was built in 1984 as a replica of the revenue service cutter C.W. Lawrence which operated off the Californian coast in the 1850's. ...more on Wikipedia about "Californian (schooner)"

CCGS Alexander Henry is a former Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and currently an exhibit at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario. ...more on Wikipedia about "CCGS Alexander Henry"

Charles W. Morgan was a whaling ship during the 1800s. Ships of this type usually harvested the blubber of whales for the use of whale oil that was commonly used in lamps during the time period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles W. Morgan (ship)"

The Cutty Sark was, in 1869, one of the last sailing clippers to be built, and she is the only classic clipper still surviving. She is now preserved in dry dock at Greenwich in England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cutty Sark"

The Dar Pomorza is a Polish sailing frigate, currently preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dar Pomorza"

Drazki ( Bulgarian language Дръзки) is a Bulgarian Navy torpedo boat (an alternate spelling of the name is Druzki) from the beginning of the 20th century still extant today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drazki"

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Duyfken ("little dove" in English) was a small Dutch ship that sailed from the Indonesian island of Banda in 1606 in search of gold and trade opportunities on Nova Guinea (now Papua New Guinea). In the course of that voyage, it encountered the Australian mainland and is thus credited with the first European discovery of Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duyfken"

The Effie M. Morrissey was the name of the schooner that was skippered by Robert Bartlett and made many northern expeditions and scientific expeditions to the Arctic, sponsored by American museums, the Explorers Club and the National Geographic Society, and also helped to survey the Arctic for the United States Government during World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Effie M. Morrissey"

The Eppleton Hall is a 1914 built paddlewheel tug, which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eppleton Hall (1914)"

The Eureka is a side-wheel paddle steamboat built which is now preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California. Originally named the Ukiah, the boat was built by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company at their Tiburon yard in 1890. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eureka (1890)"

:For the Scottish waterfalls and wildlife reserve, see Falls of Clyde (waterfalls). ...more on Wikipedia about "Falls of Clyde"

Fram ("Forward") was a ship used in expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912. Fram was probably the strongest wooden ship ever built. It was designed by the Norwegian shipwright Colin Archer for Fridtjof Nansen's 1893 Arctic expedition in which Fram was supposed to freeze into the Arctic ice sheet and float with it over the North Pole. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fram"

The C611 Colbert was an anti-air cruiser, later transformed into a missile cruiser, of the French Navy. She was the sixth French warship to bear the name, after the minister of Louis XIV Jean-Baptiste Colbert. ...more on Wikipedia about "French cruiser Colbert" Visit again www.shortopedia.com

Originally designated U-2540, the Type XXI U-boat that would later be named Wilhelm Bauer was completed shortly before the end of World War II. She was scuttled at the end of the war, having never gone on patrol. ...more on Wikipedia about "German submarine Wilhelm Bauer"

Gjøa was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. With a crew of six, Roald Amundsen traversed the passage in a three year journey, finishing in 1906. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gjøa"

The Golden Hind was a ship best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. It was originally known as the Pelican and was renamed in mid-voyage 1577 by Drake as he prepared to enter the Straits of Magellan. He rechristened the ship the Golden Hind in a political gesture, to compliment his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose armorial crest was a golden hind (in heraldry a "hind" is a doe). ...more on Wikipedia about "Golden Hind"

The Gorch Fock I (ex Tovarishch, ex Gorch Fock) is a German three-mast barque. Originally built as a school ship for the German Reichsmarine in 1933, she was handed over to the USSR after World War II. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, she sailed under the Ukrainian flag from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, she was transferred to Newcastle-upon-Tyne for repairs, which however, somehow never even began. In 1999, she was moved to Wilhelmshaven and finally acquired by private sponsors and tranferred to her original home port Stralsund, Germany, where she was re-baptized Gorch Fock on November 29, 2003. She is a museum ship today, and although efforts are being made to reactivate her, it is doubtful whether she will sail ever again. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gorch Fock (1933)"

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