World’s 3rd Oldest Warship Receives £800k Fund To Save It From Deterioration

The 200-year-old HMS Unicorn, one of the world’s oldest surviving warships, has received a whopping £800,000 grant from the National Lottery.

However, to unlock the full £10 million needed for the restoration, the HMS Unicorn Preservation Society must raise an additional £650,000 by April.

HMS Unicorn is the third-oldest warship still afloat, behind HMS Trincomalee, which is now a museum in Hartlepool, and HMS Victory in Portsmouth. She is also one of the oldest Royal Navy vessels still in existence.

HMS Unicorn has been in Dundee for more than 60 years, serving as a floating museum since ending her active Royal Navy service in the 1960s.

Over time, the ship has deteriorated and is now in urgent need of restoration. The preservation society is working to move the vessel to Dundee’s East Graving Dock for a larger waterfront revitalization project.

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