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Launched in 1824 HMS Unicorn is the oldest ship in Scotland and one of the six oldest ships in the world. It was originally constructed as a 46 gun frigate at Chatham Royal Dockyard in England and arrived in Dundee in 1873 as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserves, a role she carried out until the 1960s.
The Unicorn was handed over to the Unicorn Preservation Society in 1968 and opened to the public in 1975.
There are plans to move the ship to dry dock for necessary restoration and preservation after £1.11m in funding was very recently secured.
It would be nice if this work could be completed in time for HMS Unicorn's 200th birthday in 2024.
Amazing design.
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018.[3] The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. The V&A Dundee is also the first building in the United Kingdom designed by Kengo Kuma, whose vision was for a 'living room for the city'.
Dundee waterfront at just coming up to seven o'clock on the clear morning of 2 October 2019.
RRS (Royal Research Ship) Discovery as preserved in Dundee, the city in which it was built in 1900/1901, and to which it returned in 1986, installed in this dock in 1992. For further information about the importance of this vessel, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRS_Discovery
Behind the ship is the V&A Dundee, the first major Design Museum in the UK outside London, and opened on 15 September 2018. Both it and the Discovery are part of the Waterfront regeneration programme.
Photos around Dundee. A former lightshp awaits restoration in Dundee Harbour.
This is the North Carr Lightship, built in Glasgow in 1933 and serving in Scottish waters until decomissioned in 1975. After some years berthed in Anstruther Harbour in Fife, the vessel was moved here in 2002.
For further information, see lighthouseaccommodation.co.uk/directory/north-carr-lights...
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London. Quoted from Wikipedia.
V&A Dundee was designed by renowned award-winning Japanese architects Kengo Kuma & Associates and our extraordinary three-storey building is itself a testament to great design. Quoted from the V&A Dundee website
McManus Gallery
The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a Gothic Revival-style building, located in the centre of Dundee, Scotland. The building houses a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history collection. It is protected as a Category A listed building.
The concept for the building was originally commissioned as a memorial to Prince Albert and intended to contain room for lectures, museum, picture gallery and a reference library for students by the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It was agreed that the funding for the building should be provided by the inhabitants of Dundee. Although the city could not afford such a lavish memorial outright, it did contribute £300. A guaranteed fund of £4,205 15/- from 168 contributors was collected, which included a large donation from the Baxter family that totalled £420.
The building was designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott, who was an expert for the restoration of medieval churches and advocate of the Gothic architectural style. He intended to design a large tower like in his previous work at St. Nikolai, Hamburg. The foundations were situated in a small wetland called Quaw Bog at the confluence of the Scourin Burn and Friar Burn, which has since been drained. This meant that the area under the building site was underpinned by large wood beams. However, when construction began in 1865, the ground proved too unstable to support the larger tower that he envisaged. The building was opened as the Albert Institute in 1867.
Two further sections, which extended the building by four art galleries and four museum galleries, were added by 1889. The central section was designed to Scott's intention by David MacKenzie, with the Eastern Galleries by William Alexander.
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum, is an award-winning Victorian Gothic-revival building, and has been at the heart of art and culture in the City since 1867. The building was designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott, who was an expert in the restoration of medieval churches and advocate of the Gothic architectural style. It is protected as a Category A listed building - and holds wonderful permanent and temporary collections, well worth a visit!
While a large part of Dundee Railway Station has been upgraded and modernised in recent years, my eye was more drawn to these structure above the southbound tracks, crossing through from the street above to the main building, like covered bridges. I wonder if these were original entrances and exits for the station, years back? These days a much wider entrance at the front, with escalators etc takes passengers in and out, but I loved the look of these old, covered bridges, a nice little architectural feature.
Taken on a recent trip to Dundee, Scotland
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London.
RRS (Royal Research Ship) Discovery as preserved in Dundee, the city in which it was built in 1900/1901, and to which it returned in 1986, installed in this dock in 1992. For further information about the importance of this vessel, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRS_Discovery
Behind the ship is the V&A Dundee, the first major Design Museum in the UK outside London, and opened on 15 September 2018. Both it and the Discovery are part of the Waterfront regeneration programme.
The September 2018 V&A Dundee overlooks the Firth of Tay, behind which is the 1966 opened Tay (road) Bridge. Further away are some of the facilities of the Port of Dundee, which specialises in oil rigs and wind turbines in addition to general cargoes.
In the past the city was noted for 'jam, jute and journalism', the last referencing D.C. Thomson, founded in 1905, publishers of local and regional newspapers, as well as The Dandy, The Beano, Bunty, Perople's Friend and others.
Although Dundee had become a burgh in the 12th century, the 15th century Steeple Tower seen here is the oldest structure to survive the 'Rough Wooing', when English forces attacked Scottish towns and cities to stop them becoming an independent force that might ally with the French.
From Places of Worship in Scotland (POWiS):
The Mary Slessor Centre is one of four churches/former churches within the building known as the City Churches (10888). The earliest church on this site was known as St. Mary’s Church (1082) and dates from the late 12th Century. It was largely destroyed in 1548 by English attack. The site now occupied by the Mary Slessor Centre was originally the transepts of the early 12th Century church. The area was rebuilt and housed the Cross Church (10694), which split in 1582 and became the Cross Church and the South Church. The two transepts did not come together again until the mid-19th Century.
The Cross Church (in the north transept) was partly destroyed by fire in 1645 and then used by Monck’s troops six years later. In 1745 it was used by Jacobean troops. It was again destroyed by fire in 1841. In 1846/7 the transepts were rebuilt by Burn & Bryce to house St. Paul’s (South). St. David’s Church (10722) joined the congregation in 1947 becoming Old St. Paul’s and St. David’s. This Church was then joined by the Wishart Memorial (6124) in 1975. Three years later the congregation joined with The Steeple Church (1085) and from 1981 the transepts have been used by the Mary Slessor Centre.
My train to Edinburgh arrives at Dundee from Aberdeen. This is one of a number of former InterCity 125 sets that were mainly used on main lines radiating from London and which have been transferred to Scotland.
Branded as Inter7City services, they link the seven cities of Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. An eighth Scottish city was created when Dunfermline was awarded the status in 2022, but none of these trains are routed through there. Power car no.43164 leads.
This station used to carry the suffix 'Tay Bridge' to distinguish it from Dundee East (closed 5.1.1959) and Dundee West (closed 3.5.1965). It is unusual in being below high tide level in the nearby Firth of Tay. A rebuild of the station entrance area was completed in 2018.
Launched in 1824, HMS Unicorn is the most original old ship in the world.
Originally constructed as a 46-gun frigate at Chatham Royal Dockyard, Unicorn arrived in Dundee in 1873 as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserves – a role she carried out until the 1960s.
HMS Unicorn is still moored on the city’s waterfront and is now the oldest ship left in Scotland, as well as one of the six oldest ships in the world.
From her origins in the Georgian Navy to her use in the Second World War, HMS Unicorn has so many incredible stories to tell. Uncover the ship’s 200 years of history below.
Keel laid at Chatham Dockyard, Kent
Ship launched and laid up 'in Ordinary' (reserve)
Lent to War Department for use as a powder hulk at Woolwich Arsenal
Returned to Chatham Dockyard
Sailed to Dundee towed by the Paddle Steamer "Salamander"
Commissioned as Royal Naval Reserve drill ship
Lent to Clyde Division RNVR (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve)
Turned over to the East Scottish Division RNVR
Name changed to Unicorn II
Name changed to Cressy
Name reverts to Unicorn
Unicorn moved to Camperdown Dock
Unicorn moved to Victoria Dock
Unicorn Preservation Society founded
The Ministry of Defence hands Unicorn over to the Unicorn Preservation Society
Jury mast and foc’s’le removed
Unicorn opened to the public
Designing HMS Unicorn
Built as a Leda-class frigate during the reign of King George IV, HMS Unicorn was constructed at the height of the Industrial Revolution.
Her unique design combines two great eras of shipbuilding – the traditional wooden craftsmanship of the 18th century and the emerging iron technology of the 19th century.
A Ship in Ordinary
Although built for war, Unicorn spent her early life in reserve or ‘ordinary’.
Anchored on the River Medway, the ship formed part of Britain’s formidable naval force which helped to maintain the ‘Pax Britannica’ or ‘British Peace’ of the 19th century.
It was during her time ‘in ordinary’ that the Royal Navy added the ship’s distinctive roof. As a result of this protective covering, HMS Unicorn has remained the most original of all the world’s historic ships.
Coming to Dundee
By the 1860s, with the rise of ironclad ships and steam propulsion, Unicorn’s potential as a fighting frigate had drawn to an end.
However, this was not the conclusion of the ship’s story. In November 1873, the Royal Navy’s “wooden wall” was brought over 400 miles north to the industrial city of Dundee to begin her new life as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserves.
HMS Unicorn has been a prominent site of Dundee’s waterfront ever since and is now one of the city’s oldest landmarks.
Training the Reserves
From 1874 to 1968, HMS Unicorn spent almost 100 years in the service of the Royal Naval Reserves (RNR) and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves (RNVR).
Unicorn was converted from a Georgian fighting frigate to a fully equipped drill ship for Dundee’s naval reserves – the largest naval reserve unit in Scotland.
Her century as a naval reserve ship saw thousands of recruits train on board, including over 1,500 from the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS).
The Unicorn Preservation Society
In the 1960s, the Admiralty considered breaking up HMS Unicorn and scrapping one of the few survivors of Britain’s sailing navy.
In order to preserve the ship for future generations, the Unicorn Preservation Society (UPS) was formed.