Which former Royal Navy ship, launched in 1938, is now moored in London and is a now a museum ship operated by the Imperial War Museum?
"HMS Belfast (C35) HMS ""Belfast"" is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum. Construction of ""Belfast"", the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, ""Belfast"" was initially part of the British naval"
"decided against preservation, prompting the formation of the private HMS ""Belfast"" Trust to campaign for her preservation. The efforts of the Trust were successful, and the government transferred the ship to the Trust in July 1971. Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London. Opened to the public in October 1971, ""Belfast"" became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978. A popular tourist attraction, ""Belfast"" receives over a quarter of a million visitors per year. As a branch of a national museum and part of the National Historic"
"HMS Lothian HMS ""Lothian"", was a former cargo ship launched in 1938, as MV ""City of Edinburgh"", which was requisitioned during the Second World War as a troop transport and later converted by the Royal Navy into a headquarters ship in the Pacific. The ship is notable for a mutiny that occurred onboard whilst docked at Balboa, Panama in September 1944. The ship was returned to her original owners, Ellerman's City Line, in 1946 and scrapped in 1961. Shortly after the start of the Second World War the ""City of Edinburgh"" was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport for"
"located by a film crew in 2002. ""Thames"" continued in service with the Navy until 1944, by which time the allies had largely secured control of the Mediterranean. She then left Navy service. HMT Thames (1938) Thames was a Rescue tugboat that saw service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Named for the River Thames in England, she was launched in 1938. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was acquired by the Royal Navy in June 1940. She was based at the strategically vital naval base at Gibraltar, moving the large warships there in"
"the National Historic Fleet, following her recent restoration ""Trincomalee"" has become the centrepiece of the National Museum of the Royal Navy based in Hartlepool. ""Trincomalee"" holds the distinction of being the oldest British warship still afloat as , although 52 years her senior, is in dry dock. Until his death in 1929, the Falmouth-based painter Henry Scott Tuke used the ship and its trainees as subject matter. HMS Trincomalee HMS ""Trincomalee"" is a Royal Navy sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship in Hartlepool, England. ""Trincomalee"" is one"
"she serves as a charter boat. Aberdonia (yacht) The Aberdonia is a British pre-war motor yacht moored at Chelsea Harbour. Built by the Thornycroft ship yard and launched in 1935 ""Aberdonia"" has a rich history, former uses include a patrol boat, mine sweeper and is one of the Little ships of Dunkirk. ""Aberdonia"" was requisitioned to work as a patrol boat in the Royal Navy attached to HMS ""Fervant"" in 1940, at which time she was renamed ""Navigator"". She participated in the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk. The yacht is believed to have made four trips to the shore"
"purpose-built museum on part of the site of the old Deptford Dockyard where the original ""Lenox"" was built. By late 2015 the project had gained momentum, with more detailed plans fitting the building of the ""Lenox"" into the overall development of Convoys Wharf, as the old Dockyard site is now known. If and when completed, the ""Lenox"" dock and museum would be within walking distance of the Cutty Sark museum in Greenwich. HMS Lenox (1678) HMS ""Lenox"" was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford Dockyard on 18 April 1678. She was"
"started, it was announced that it would be named . The second named unit (although planned as the third ship of Batch 1) was announced as in September 2017. The Second World War era light cruiser , currently a museum ship owned and operated by the Imperial War Museum, will be renamed as ""HMS ""Belfast"" (1938)"" to avoid confusion. In March 2018 the First Sea Lord announced that the second ship of the class would be . In September 2018 it was announced that the first of the planned five Batch 2 ships would be . In November 2018, subsequent"
"PS Wingfield Castle The PS ""Wingfield Castle"" is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The ""Wingfield Castle"" was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the ""Tattershall Castle"". A third similar vessel, the ""Lincoln Castle"" built in Glasgow, was launched in 1940. She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in Swansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit through the lock gates. She is now preserved at the Museum of Hartlepool as a floating exhibit"
"replace them. Two of the ships were built at Yarrow's shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland, and the remainder in Lisbon with Yarrow machinery. HMS Ambuscade (D38) HMS ""Ambuscade"" was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, , were prototypes designed to exploit advances in construction and machinery since World War I and formed the basis of Royal Navy destroyer evolution up to the of 1936. She was launched at Yarrow on 15 January 1926, served in World War II, and was broken up at Troon in 1946. In November 1923, the"
"""Caroline"" into a visitor attraction in time for centenary commemorations of the 1916 Battle of Jutland. ""Caroline"" remains moored in the Alexandra Dock in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast. In June 2016, HMS ""Caroline"" was opened to the public as a museum ship and forms part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. At her decommissioning in 2011, ""Caroline"" held the title of the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service (behind HMS Victory), as well as being the last First World War British light cruiser in service. She is the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland. HMS Caroline"
"merchant ships. Her sister Flower class Q-ship, , was moored ahead of her in 1938 to provide additional office and training space. After the war both ships were reconstructed by the Royal Navy with large deckhouses fore and aft, giving an improved drill area and extra offices; they were also provided with tall wheelhouses and dummy funnels. These were dismountable, so they could pass under the London bridges to be periodically maintained in one of the Thames dockyards. In this form, they continued in use as Royal Naval Reserve training ships until 1988, each matching ""Old President""s total of more"
"I. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial as well as the East Lavant War Memorial. HMS Tower (1917) HMS ""Tower"" was a modified destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the White Tower of the Tower of London. She was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on 5 April 1917. She is noted for having the first modern Royal Navy ship's badge. She served as part of the Grand Fleet and Harwich Force. She held the pennant number of F24 from January 1918 until she was sold in 1928. Prior to this the pennant number of F24 was"
"Kong and Shanghai. In 1946 the ""Lothian"" was returned to the Ellerman Line and reverted to the MV ""City of Edinburgh"". She resumed her previous route and in April 1961 was sold to Hong Kong Salvage and Towage Company, renamed ""Castle Mount"" and sailed to Hong Kong for scrapping in July 1961. HMS Lothian HMS ""Lothian"", was a former cargo ship launched in 1938, as MV ""City of Edinburgh"", which was requisitioned during the Second World War as a troop transport and later converted by the Royal Navy into a headquarters ship in the Pacific. The ship is notable for"
"Aberdonia (yacht) The Aberdonia is a British pre-war motor yacht moored at Chelsea Harbour. Built by the Thornycroft ship yard and launched in 1935 ""Aberdonia"" has a rich history, former uses include a patrol boat, mine sweeper and is one of the Little ships of Dunkirk. ""Aberdonia"" was requisitioned to work as a patrol boat in the Royal Navy attached to HMS ""Fervant"" in 1940, at which time she was renamed ""Navigator"". She participated in the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk. The yacht is believed to have made four trips to the shore to take on men cut off"
"government decided against preservation, prompting the formation of the private HMS ""Belfast"" Trust to campaign for her to be saved for the nation. The Trust was successful in its efforts, and the government transferred the ship to the Trust in July 1971. Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London. Opened to the public in October 1971 ""Belfast"" became a branch of the Imperial War Museum on 1 March 1978, being acknowledged by the then Secretary of State for Education and Science, Shirley Williams, as ""a unique demonstration of an"
"HMT Thames (1938) Thames was a Rescue tugboat that saw service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Named for the River Thames in England, she was launched in 1938. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was acquired by the Royal Navy in June 1940. She was based at the strategically vital naval base at Gibraltar, moving the large warships there in and out of the harbour. Her duties also included coming to the assistance of any allied ships, naval or merchant, that might be damaged and require towing to safety. If this was impossible,"
"voyage took place. Pelican has completed a number of transatlantic voyages. ""Pelican of London"" was advertised for sale in 2012, valued at £2.45 million. In June 2015 it was noted as an attendee of Tall Ships Belfast 2015. Pelican of London Pelican of London is a sail training ship based in the United Kingdom. Built in 1948 as Pelican she served as an Arctic trawler and then coastal trading vessel named Kadett until 1995. In 2007 the ship was completed after many years of being re-built as a sail-training ship. Built in 1948 in Le Havre, France, ""Pelican"" was originally"
"HMS Wellington (U65) HMS ""Wellington (launched Devonport, 1934) is a sloop, formerly of the Royal Navy. During the Second World War, she served as a convoy escort ship in the North Atlantic. She is now moored alongside the Victoria Embankment, at Temple Pier, on the River Thames in London, England, as the headquarters ship of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, where she is known as HQS Wellington"". It was always the ambition of the founding members of the company to have a livery hall. Up to the outbreak of war in 1939, various proposals were examined, including the purchase"
"at Jackson Dock, as part of the Hartlepool's Maritime Experience visitor attraction, which also includes HMS ""Trincomalee"". PS Wingfield Castle The PS ""Wingfield Castle"" is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The ""Wingfield Castle"" was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the ""Tattershall Castle"". A third similar vessel, the ""Lincoln Castle"" built in Glasgow, was launched in 1940. She was earmarked to become a floating restaurant in Swansea Marina in the early 1980s but was too wide to fit"
"her. One may still find nails and timber at the site. Two Admiralty Pattern anchors from the ""Conway"" survive; one at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool and one at Victoria Dock, Caernarfon, outside the former Maritime Museum. HMS Nile (1839) HMS ""Nile"" was a two-deck 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 June 1839 at Plymouth Dockyard. She was named to commemorate the Battle of the Nile in 1798. After service in the Baltic Sea and the North America and West Indies Station, she was converted to a training ship and renamed"
"ship of the Town-class — — remains, moored on the River Thames in London as a museum-ship of the Imperial War Museum, a role she has performed since 1971. Town-class cruiser (1936) The Town class was a 10-ship class of light cruisers of the Royal Navy. The Towns were designed to the constraints imposed by the London Naval Treaty of 1930. The ships were built in three distinct sub-classes, the ""Southampton"", ""Gloucester"" and ""Edinburgh"" classes respectively, each sub-class adding on further weaponry. Like their US and Japanese counterparts of that era, the Town-class cruisers were ""light cruisers"" in the strict"
"city is home to some famous ships: in the dry dock of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard lies Horatio Nelson's flagship, , the world's oldest naval ship still in commission. HMS ""Victory"" was preserved for the nation and placed in permanent dry dock in 1922, when the Society for Nautical Research led a national appeal to restore her. 22million people have visited her since. In 1971, the remains of Henry VIII's flagship, , was rediscovered on the seabed. She was raised and brought into a purpose-built structure in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in 1982. Britain's first iron-hulled warship, , was restored and moved"
"in 1938 and served throughout the Second World War, participating in the December 1943 Battle of North Cape and firing some of the first shots of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. She saw further combat in the Korean War. Expected to be disposed of as scrap after she was decommissioned in 1963, in 1967 efforts were initiated to preserve ""Belfast"" as a museum ship. A joint committee of the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and the Ministry of Defence was established, and reported in June 1968 that preservation was practical. In 1971 the"
"HMS Egret (L75) HMS ""Egret"" was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built by J. Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, was launched on 31 May 1938, and is notable for being the first ship sunk by a guided missile in combat. So far she is the only Royal Navy warship to be named Egret. On 5 March 1937, the British Admiralty ordered two sloops of a new class, ""Egret"" and as part of the 1936 construction programme. ""Egret"" was laid down at J. Samuel White's Cowes, Isle of Wight"
"had been passed to those concerned with the air operations over the beaches. The ships were assumed to be enemy craft, since the air commanders believed that no allied ships were in the area at the time. HMS Britomart (J22) HMS ""Britomart"" was a of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War and was sunk in 1944 in a friendly fire incident. The actor Robert Newton served aboard her. ""Britomart"" was ordered on 11 August 1937 and was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 1 January 1938. She was launched on 23 August that year, and commissioned"
"1985 and lies in of water. The wreck is protected under the Irish National Monument Act, and a licence from the National Monuments Service is required to dive it. HMS Vanguard (1870) The eighth HMS ""Vanguard"" of the British Royal Navy was an ""Audacious""-class central battery ironclad battleship, launched in 1870. ""Vanguard"" — under the command of Captain Richard Dawkins, sailed out of Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) harbour on 27 August 1875 in company with three other ironclads, , and . The ships were part of the First Reserve Squadron and were on a summer cruise around the Irish coast."
"2017, it will be on 26 February. In 2018, the 75th and final commemoration is scheduled for 8 July HMS Tigris (N63) HMS ""Tigris"" was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard and launched in October 1939. ""Tigris"" had a relatively active career, serving in the North Sea and the Mediterranean. ""Tigris"" was active in the Bay of Biscay from July 1940, under the command of Commander Howard Bone. She sank the French fishing vessels ""Sancte Michael"", ""Cimcour"", ""Charles Edmond"" and ""Rene Camaleyre"", the French merchantmen ""Jacobsen"" and ""Guilvinec"", and the German tanker"
"is the oldest commissioned Naval ship in the world. She can be found in Number 2 Dry Dock of the Royal Naval Museum at the Portsmouth Naval Base, in Portsmouth, which is named HMS ""Nelson"". The ""Victory"" was drydocked for restoration in 1922, and opened to the public as a shrine to Nelson and his navy in 1928. The bullet that killed Nelson is permanently on display in the Grand Vestibule of Windsor Castle. The uniform that he wore during the battle, with the fatal bullet hole still visible, can be seen at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. A"
"Hartlepool's Maritime Experience Hartlepool's Maritime Experience is a visitor attraction in Hartlepool, Cleveland, in the northeast of England. The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of Lord Nelson, Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar. , a Royal Navy frigate and Britain's oldest warship afloat is at the centre of the quay. She was built in Bombay, India in 1817. The 190th anniversary of the ship's official launch was on Friday 12 October 2007. Before April 2005 it was known as Hartlepool Historic Quay. It was built by Teesside Development Corporation as"
"took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She remained in service until December 1968 when she was put on the sale list. She was broken up at Troon during 1971. HMS Thermopylae (P355) HMS ""Thermopylae"" (P355) was a T-class submarine in service with the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ""Thermopylae"", after the Battle of Thermopylae. Thermopylae was laid down on 26 October 1943 at Chatham Dockyard, and launched on 27 June 1945. Commissioned after the end of the"
"she underwent inspection and repairs to her hull at Harland and Wolff and opened to the public on 1st July 2017 at Alexandra Dock in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast. ""Caroline"" was the last remaining British First World War light cruiser in service, and she is the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland still afloat. She is also one of only three surviving Royal Navy warships of the First World War, along with the 1915 Monitor (in Portsmouth dockyard), and the Flower-class sloop HMS ""President"" (1918), (formerly HMS ""Saxifrage"") usually moored on the Thames at Blackfriars but as from"
"trapped by the 2006 Lebanon War. Following the retirement of her fixed-wing British Aerospace Harrier II aircraft in 2010, ""Illustrious"" operated as one of two Royal Navy helicopter carriers. After 32 years' service, the oldest ship in the Royal Navy's active fleet was formally decommissioned on 28 August 2014 even though she would not be replaced until 's commissioning in 2017. Despite the UK Ministry of Defence's announcement in 2012 that, once decommissioned, ""Illustrious"" would be preserved for the nation, in 2016 she was sold and towed to Turkish company Leyal for scrapping. ""Illustrious"", the second of the three ""Invincible""-class"