Usually on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum, the decommissioned HMAS Vampire has been manoeuvred through the harbour by three tug boats on its way to Garden Island for conservation work.
abc.net.au/news/hmas-vampire-sydney-harbour-conservation-garden-island-museum/101867996A decommissioned warship usually on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum has been moved through Sydney Harbour to Garden Island for conservation work.HMAS Vampire is Australia's largest museum shipThe HMAS Vampire was moved by three tugboats from Darling Harbour as the ship has no functioning engine.
"Her keel was laid 70 years ago [and] we've had roughly five million visitors go on to her," Ms Karp told"As with anything that sits on the water — saltwater and museum objects [are] not a good mix." Ms Karp said the vessel was one of the last big gun ships to be built, as subsequent fighting ships were equipped with missile weaponry.
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