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All around the world many significant historic ships have been preserved either in part or as a whole, afloat or ashore, where you can visit and see for yourself in 3-D what the ships of the past were like. By using the links from the pages below, you will be able to make a virtual tour of a very large number of historic vessels and discover where you will be able to find almost every significant preserved historic ship in the world. Sadly, the number of historic vessels in Asia is as yet small. Just remember, if you tap ‘historic ships’ into Google you get 6.34 million hits and 4.55 million for ‘historic boats’! |
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http://www.flagship.org.uk takes you to Britain’s Portsmouth historic dockyard and sites for HMSs Victory and Warrior and the remains of the Tudor Mary Rose |
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A good starting place for the large number of historic ships in the USA is either http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/ships/lists/visit_1.htm or http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/ships/lists/links_1.htm where you will find examples of an extraordinary variety of ship types – from aircraft carriers through submarines to stern wheelers, Liberty Ships and bluenose schooners.
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At http://www.worldshiptrust.org/register.html you can find the World Ship Trust’s register of over 2000 historic vessels, all at least 40’ long and over 50 years old, in over 70 countries
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Part of the University of North Carolina’s website dealing with maritime history on the internet focuses on historic ships – see http://www.ils.unc.edu/maritime/ships.shtml |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~nbrass1/ships.htm takes you to an interesting links page that includes maritime museums as well as historic ships. Much the same is true of http://www.maritimemuseums.net/virtual.html
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http://www.hnsa.org/index.htm is the web page of the Historic Naval Ships Association which is full of links to preserved naval vessels in thirteen countries
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http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg6/cg611/coi.asp is an interesting page setting out the US Coastguard’s policy on historic wrecks of its own vessels
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http://www.shipphotos.co.uk/links/historic.htm is a great site for looking at photographs of forty six historic ships
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http://www.steamboats.org/eexhibit_pure1.htm is a wonderful Mark Twain nostalgia trip for Mississipi steamboats still ploughing the waters.
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