Museum ship

For ships that are not original, see Ship replica.
The Russian Aurora, one of the few protected cruisers to be preserved, is one of the world's most visited vessels

A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small number of museum ships that are still operational and thus capable of regular movement.[1]

Several hundred museum ships are kept around the world, with around 175 of them organised in the Historic Naval Ships Association[2] though many are not naval museum ships, from general merchant ships to tugs and lightships. Many, if not most, museum ships are also associated with a maritime museum.

  1. ^ Activities of the Historic Naval Ships Association Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (the international Historic Naval Ships Association website. Accessed 2008-06-06.)
  2. ^ About The Historic Naval Ships Association Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine (the international Historic Naval Ships Association website. Accessed 2008-06-06.)