List of museum ships
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.
- Ships whose coordinates are included below may be seen together in map accessed by clicking on "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page.
Africa
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Khufu ship[1] | ![]() | 2500 BC | Ancient Egypt | Solar barge | Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt 29°59′37″N 31°07′11″E / 29.99370°N 31.11968°E | World's oldest intact ship, dismantled and sealed in a pit beside the Great Pyramid of Giza; was on display at Giza Solar boat museum at the Giza pyramid complex from 1982 to 2021.[2][3] |
Nigeria
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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NNS Bonny | ![]() | 1954 | ![]() | Seaward defence boat | Nigerian War Museum, Umuahia, Nigeria 5°32′41″N 7°29′12″E / 5.54484°N 7.48678°E | Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Gifford. Sold to Nigeria in 1968, and served in the Nigerian Civil War against Biafra.[4] |
South Africa
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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NCS Challenger | 1991 | Port Natal Maritime Museum, Durban, South Africa | Only open boat sailed around the world by a single person (Anthony Steward, during 1991–93)[5][6][7] | |||
SAS Durban | ![]() | 1957 | ![]() | Minesweeper | Port Natal Maritime Museum, Durban, South Africa 29°51′44″S 31°01′44″E / 29.86225°S 31.02892°E | First ship built for the South African Navy. Sank at its moorings in 2020,[8] raised in 2021, sank again in 2022, and likely to be scrapped.[9] Still at the museum as of 2023.[10] |
J.R. More[7] | ![]() | 1961 | ![]() | Steam tug | Port Natal Maritime Museum, Durban, South Africa 29°51′43″S 31°01′44″E / 29.86201°S 31.02890°E | |
Ulundi | ![]() | 1927 | ![]() | Steam tug | Port Natal Maritime Museum, Durban, South Africa 29°51′43″S 31°01′44″E / 29.86201°S 31.02891°E | Coal-fired steam powered tug, the oldest surviving pilot tug in South Africa[7] |
Asia
[edit]Brunei
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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KDB Maharajalela[11] | 1965 | ![]() | Patrol boat | Royal Brunei Armed Forces Museum, Bolkiah Garrison, Jalan Pertahanan, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 4°55′39″N 114°56′11″E / 4.92743°N 114.93643°E | P22 |
China
[edit]- Former
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Dabie Shan[13] | ![]() | 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 | ||
Ningming (679) | ![]() | China | Hunan | Xiangtan, China | China![]() | 1979 | Corvette | Unknown, last seen in Baishazhou, Yisuhe town, Xiangtan | Carried Deng Xiaoping during his 1992 Southern Tour |
Yanjin (608) | China | Hubei | Huangshi, China | China![]() | 1971 | Corvette | Scrapped |
India
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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INS Chamak[36] | ![]() | 1976 | ![]() | Missile boat | Pune, Maharashtra | |
INS Chapal[37] | ![]() | 1976 | ![]() | Missile boat | Rabindranath Tagore Beach, Karwar, Karnataka, India 14°48′52″N 74°07′37″E / 14.81436°N 74.12706°E | |
INS Chatak[38] | 1977 | ![]() | Missile boat | INS Venduruthy, Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala, India 9°57′14″N 76°16′51″E / 9.95381°N 76.280873°E | ||
INS Khukri[39] | 1986 | ![]() | Corvette | Diu, India 9°57′14″N 76°16′51″E / 9.95381°N 76.280873°E | - |
- Former
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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INS Vikrant[40] | ![]() | India | Maharashtra | Mumbai | ![]() | 1945 | Aircraft carrier | Closed in 2012, scrapped in 2014 |
Indonesia
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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MV Doulos Phos[41] | ![]() | 1914 | ![]() | Ocean liner | Bintan, Indonesia 1°09′39″N 104°18′58″E / 1.16092°N 104.31621°E | Opened as a hotel and museum in 2019 |
KRI Harimau[42] | 1959 | ![]() | Fast attack craft | Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia |
Israel
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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INS Af Al Pi Chen[43] | ![]() | 1942 | ![]() | Landing craft tank | Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel 32°49′48″N 34°58′15″E / 32.83011°N 34.97079°E | Former HMS LCT 147 |
INS Dabur[44] | ![]() | 1970 | ![]() | Patrol boat | Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel | |
INS Mivtach[45] | ![]() | 1967 | ![]() | Missile boat | Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel |
Japan
[edit]- Former
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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SS Oriana[56] | ![]() | Japan | Ōita Prefecture | Beppu | ![]() | 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[57] | ![]() | Japan | Kantō region | Tokyo | Japan![]() | 1965 | Train ferry | Scrapped 2012–2013 |
Kuwait
[edit]The Kuwaiti Maritime Museum in Salmiya, Kuwait, holds replicas of a number of different types of dhows.[58] 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.
Mauritius
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Admiral Nevelskoi[59] | 1982 | ![]() | Yacht | Admiral Nevelskoi Maritime Museum Avenue Surath, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius |
Malaysia
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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KD Hang Tuah[60] | ![]() | 1966 | ![]() | Frigate | RMN Lumut Naval Base | Former HMS Mermaid |
- Former
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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KD Rahmat[61] | ![]() | Malaysia | Perak | Lumut | Malaysia![]() | 1967 | Frigate | Sprung a leak in 2018 and later scrapped |
Myanmar
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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UBS Mayu | ![]() | 1942 | ![]() | Frigate | Myanmar Naval Training Headquarters, Seikkyi, Myanmar | Former HMS Fal, first flagship of the Burmese Navy |
North Korea
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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USS Pueblo[62] | ![]() | 1944 | ![]() | Technical research ship | Victorious War Museum, Pyongyang, North Korea 39°02′26″N 125°44′23″E / 39.04051°N 125.73974°E | Seized by North Korea during the Pueblo incident in 1968 |
Pakistan
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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PNS Mujahid[63] | ![]() | 1956 | ![]() | Minesweeper | Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan 24°53′10″N 67°05′24″E / 24.88621°N 67.09003°E |
South Korea
[edit]- Former
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.[71][72] | Former USS Everett F. Larson |
ROKS Kang Won[73] | ![]() | South Korea | Gyeongsangnam-do | Jinhae | United States![]() | 1945 | Destroyer | Scrapped in 2016–2017[74] | 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[75] | Former USS LST-853 |
Taiwan
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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ROCS Te Yang[76] | ![]() | 1945 | ![]() | Destroyer | Anping Port, Tainan, Taiwan 22°59′19″N 120°09′23″E / 22.988555°N 120.156338°E | Former USS Sarsfield |
Thailand
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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HTMS Chumpohn[77] | ![]() | 1937 | ![]() | Torpedo boat | Chumphon Province, Thailand | |
HTMS Maeklong[78] | ![]() | 1936 | ![]() | Corvette | Chulachomklao Fort, Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province, Thailand | |
HTMS Pangan | ![]() | 1945 | ![]() | Landing Ship, Tank | Koh Phangan, Thailand | Former USS Stark County |
HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai[79] | ![]() | 1970 | ![]() | Frigate | Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip District, Bangkok, Thailand | Former USS Ouellet |
HTMS Phutthayotfa Chulalok[80] | ![]() | 1973 | ![]() | Frigate | Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip District, Bangkok, Thailand | Former USS Truett |
HTMS Prasae[81] | ![]() | 1943 | ![]() | Frigate | Pak Nam Krasae, Klaeng District, Rayong, Thailand 12°41′49″N 101°42′17″E / 12.69694°N 101.70460°E | Former USS Gallup |
HTMS Tachin | ![]() | 1943 | ![]() | Frigate | Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand | Former USS Glendale |
Turkey
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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TCG Ege[82] | ![]() | 1972 | ![]() | Frigate | İnciraltı Sea Museum, İzmir, Turkey 38°24′45″N 27°02′05″E / 38.412500°N 27.034700°E | Former USS Ainsworth |
TCG Gayret[83] | ![]() | 1946 | ![]() | Destroyer | Izmit, Turkey 40°45′36″N 29°55′00″E / 40.76009°N 29.91677°E | Former USS Eversole |
Nusret[84] | ![]() | 1915 | ![]() | Minelayer | Mersin Naval Museum, Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey | |
Tarihi Kadırga[85] | c. 1575[a] | ![]() | Galley | Istanbul Naval Museum, Istanbul, Turkey 41°02′30″N 29°00′20″E / 41.04167°N 29.00556°E | Owned by Mehmed IV (1648–1687), only surviving galley in the world | |
TCG Yarhisar | ![]() | 1964 | ![]() | Patrol boat | Gölcük, Kocaeli, Turkey 40°43′24″N 29°50′07″E / 40.72335°N 29.83518°E | Former USS PC-1640 |
United Arab Emirates
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Queen Elizabeth 2 | ![]() | 1967 | ![]() | Ocean liner | Mina Rashid, Dubai | Floating hotel and museum. |
Oceania
[edit]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.
Australia
[edit]Note there are more in Commons category:Museum ships of Australia, though some may be replicas.
- Former
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 |
New Zealand
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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TSS Earnslaw[104] | ![]() | 1912 | ![]() | Twin-screw steamer | Lake Wakatipu, Otago Region, New Zealand 45°3′S 168°30′E / 45.050°S 168.500°E | In active service as a Living museum on Lake Wakatipu |
Edwin Fox[105] | ![]() | 1853 | ![]() | Barque | Edwin Fox Maritime Centre, Picton, New Zealand 41°17′6″S 174°0′24″E / 41.28500°S 174.00667°E | |
Hikitia | 1926 | ![]() | Steam crane | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Lyttelton | ![]() | 1907 | ![]() | Steam tug | Lyttelton, Canterbury Region, New Zealand | Seaworthy condition |
William C Daldy | ![]() | 1935 | ![]() | Steam tug | Auckland, New Zealand | Seaworthy condition |
- Former
Ship | Image | Preservation location | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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HMNZS Koura | ![]() | Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand | ![]() | 1943 | Harbour Defense Motor Launch | Sold at an unknown date. Now on a trailer at Kopu, Waikato, New Zealand | |
HMNZS Manawanui | Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand | ![]() | 1945 | Tugboat | Scrapped at an unknown date | ||
Rapaki[106] | ![]() | Auckland, New Zealand | ![]() | 1925 | Steam crane | Towed for scrapping in December 2018 | Some parts were given to her sister ship, Hikitia |
South America
[edit]- Former
Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Museum or location | Fate |
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RAM Poderoso[120] | ![]() | 1911 | ![]() | Tug | Talcahuano, Chile 36°42′48″S 73°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.[121] |
North America
[edit]Includes examples in Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.
Europe
[edit]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".
Austria
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Niederösterreich (A604)[122] | ![]() | 1969 | ![]() | Patrol boat | Museum of Military History, Vienna, Austria | Schiffswerft Korneuburg, Korneuburg, Austria |
Belgium
[edit]Ship | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes | |
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Amandine[123] | ![]() | 1962 | ![]() | Fishing Boat | Ostend, Belgium | |
Amical[124] | ![]() | 1914 | ![]() | Tugboat | National Maritime Museum of Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium | |
Antwerpen 70[125] | 1968 | ![]() | Tugboat | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
Mercator[126] | ![]() | 1932 | ![]() | Barquentine | Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium 51°13′38″N 2°55′14″E / 51.22722°N 2.92056°E | |
P903 Meuse[127] | ![]() | 1953 | ![]() | Patrol Boat | Royal Military Museum, Brussels, Belgium | |
Oudenaarde[128] | ![]() | 1959 | ![]() | Minesweeper | National Maritime Museum of Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium | |
Tordino[129] | ![]() | 1922 | ![]() | Spits | Oudenburg, West Flanders, Belgium |
Bulgaria
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Drazki[130] | ![]() | 1907 | ![]() | Torpedo boat | Varna Naval Museum, Varna, Bulgaria | |
Radetzky[131] | ![]() | 1851 | ![]() | Steamship | Kozloduy, Bulgaria | Hijacked by poet-revolutionary Hristo Botev in 1876; destroyed; reconstructed with some original pieces in 1918. |
Croatia
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Galeb[132] | ![]() | 1938 | ![]() | Presidential yacht | Rijeka, Croatia | |
Vridni[133] | ![]() | 1894 | ![]() | Harbor tug | Split, Croatia |
Denmark
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Claus Sørensen E.1[134] | ![]() | 1931 | ![]() | Fishing vessel | Fisheries and Maritime Museum, Esbjerg, Denmark | |
Elbjørn | 1954 | ![]() | Icebreaker | Aalborg, Denmark | ||
Gedser Rev[135] | ![]() | 1895 | ![]() | Lightvessel | National Museum of Denmark, Helsingør, Denmark | |
Jylland[136] | ![]() | 1860 | ![]() | Screw frigate | Ebeltoft, Denmark | Participated in the 1864 Battle of Heligoland |
HDMS Peder Skram[137] | 1965 | ![]() | Frigate | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
HDMS Sehested[138] | ![]() | 1977 | ![]() | Fast Attack Craft | Holmen Naval Base, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Skuldelev ships | ![]() | 10th-century | ![]() | Viking ships | Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark | |
HDMS Søbjørnen[139][140] | 1964 | ![]() | Torpedo boat | Aalborg, Denmark |
- Former
Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
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Kong Frederik IX[141] | ![]() | Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Roskilde, Denmark | Denmark![]() | 1954 | Ferry | Closed in 2001, scrapped in 2005 |
Estonia
[edit]Finland
[edit]France
[edit]Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
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Duchesse Anne[160] | 1901 | ![]() | Full-rigged ship | Dunkirk, France | ||
Entreprenant[161] | ![]() | 1965 | ![]() | Tugboat | Dunkirk, France | |
FNRS III[162] | ![]() | 1953 | ![]() | Bathyscaphe | Toulon, France | |
France I |