Museum Ships
Preserved vessels and recovered historic hulls displayed as museums or memorial ships. Explore the ships, the work of conservation and the evidence that survives aboard them.
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RMS Queen Mary: From Atlantic Liner to Troopship
How Queen Mary was converted in Sydney, carried troops on three oceans, cut down HMS Curacoa and brought war brides home, 1939 to 1946.
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Mary Rose: Raising and Conserving Henry VIII’s Warship
How the Mary Rose was found, raised from the Solent in 1982 and conserved over 34 years, from PEG spraying and air drying to…
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SS Great Britain: Brunel’s Iron Screw Steamer and the Hull That Survived
How SS Great Britain joined an iron hull to screw propulsion in 1845, and how that hull survived Australia, the Falklands and a return…
