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Old Ships in Dundee Fan Of… Series & Cellpic Sunday

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Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).

These pictures were all taken with my iPhone SE, so this is my post for John’s Cellpic Sunday.

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I’m starting my historic Scotland?????? series with some shots of old ships in Dundee taken on our recent visit.

Unfortunately, we weren’t aware that some historical interest sites in Dundee are closed on Mondays. These shots are all external, but we will be visiting Dundee again & getting some internal shots of these old vessels.

HMS Unicorn (Carousel)

HMS Unicorn

RRS Discovery (carousel)

An old lightship

Join me next week when I share some pictures from our recent visit to The Tenement House in Glasgow, a time capsule showcasing life in Glasgow at the turn of the 20th Century.

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16 responses to “Old Ships in Dundee Fan Of… Series & Cellpic Sunday”

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  2. eklastic Avatar
    eklastic

    I’m sure it’s not the right period, not the right ships … but: Horatio Hornblower vibes.
    I stayed landbound: https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2024/06/03/im-a-fan-of-shingles/

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      Definitely Hornblower era for the Unicorn

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  3. photobyjohnbo Avatar
    photobyjohnbo

    Beautiful photos, Jez! I’m a fan of old ships, but living where I do, I don’t get to see many. >frown<
    I'd never heard of a lightship before visiting Baltimore Maryland a few years ago and saw the Chesapeake on display for touring there. It is interesting to me to see another.

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      Thanks, JohnThere are quite a lot of lightships still in use around the UK, owing to a lot of areas of very shoal water & constantly shifting sub-surface sand banks quite a distance offshore

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    bushboy

    Inspired to release my inner pirate
    https://bushboy.blog/2024/06/03/im-a-fan-of-black-pirate-ships/

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  5. Susan T. Braithwaite Avatar
    Susan T. Braithwaite

    Wonderfully captured, sweetie! Such a shame we have to go back to tour the interiors…?

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  6. Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter Avatar
    Anabel @ The Glasgow Gallivanter

    Unicorn and Discovery both well worth visiting. The lightship belongs to the hotel opposite – I wonder if they have any plans for it?

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      That would be interesting to see if they do something with the lightship. Definitely going back when the ships are open to visitors

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  7. kzmcb Avatar
    kzmcb

    Wow that’s an unusual craft.

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      Very; she was never fitted for masts & became used as a depot & HQ ship.

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  8. tgeriatrix Avatar
    tgeriatrix

    This is an interesting roof on a ship!

    https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2024/06/03/i-am-a-fan-of-lego/

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      She was built at the end of the Napoleonic wars & so was never rigged out with masts. She had a roof structure built & saw most of her service life as a depot ship or as military headquarters before finally seeing out her days as the HQ for the Dundee Royal Naval Reserve.

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