process carries a price tag of £45,000 (approx. $56,000). Some of the funds have been raised but the group is looking at crowdsourcing to fully fund the project. Unicorn was built in the Royal Dockyard at Chatham and launched in 1824, but by HMS Unicorn mariusz matuszewski, wikipedia
are removed from exhibit and stored. The Battleship Texas Foundation had announced in May that, once the restoration work is completed, the ship will be moved to a new location, which has yet to be determined, as admission receipts to the museum ship in its current setting have not been enough to fund her operations. (Battleship Texas State Historic Site, 3523 Independence Parkway, South LaPorte, TX; Ph. 281 479-2431; https://tpwd.texas.gov/ state-parks/battleship-texas; https://battle shiptexas.org) … The Unicorn Preservation Society (UPS) is seeking funding to create a digitally generated model of HMS Unicorn to guide plans for restoring the ship. The ship has already been scanned digitally, but the group still needs to transfer the scans to a digital wire model to gather information about the ship’s current condition before a repair plan can be made. The long-term goal is to haul the ship and relocate it to a drydock display in East Graving Dock, not far from its current berth. UPS would like to accomplish the move by the warship’s 200th anniversary in 2024. The digital-modeling stage of the
the time of her completion was not required by the Royal Navy and was put into reserve, receiving a roof over her hull instead of rigging. A 5th Rate frigate, she has 46 guns, and is 151 feet long. She was taken to Dundee, Scotland, in 1873 for use as a reserve training ship, and she carried out this function for nearly 100 years, while serving as headquarters for the Senior Naval Officer in Dundee during both World Wars. (Unicorn Preservation Society, 14
City Quay, Dundee, United Kingdom DD1 3JA; www.frigateunicorn.org; mail@frigateunicorn.org) … On 1 July the Detroit Historical Society broke ground on Phase I of a $4.9 million outdoor enhancement project at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. The museum had its start in 1949 aboard the 147-foot three-masted schooner J. T. Wing, but by 1956 the wooden ship was deteriorating to the point that it was deemed unsafe and condemned. The museum moved to its current facility in 1960. The new project will transform the entire museum property for historical interpretation and recreation. Phase I will upgrade visitor amenities, addressing lighting, outdoor artifact displays, bike racks, a riverfront event patio, benches, a kayak launch and river walk, among other improvements. Future phases envision a riverfront connector trail, a historic landscape reflecting pre-development Belle Isle, and improved access to the museum from surrounding lots. Features of the Dossin Museum’s collection include the bow anchor from SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the restored smoking lounge of SS City of Detroit III,
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