Ships

Berthed in Victoria Dock.

This and other images form a collection which can be viewed in higher quality at the Local History Department of Dundee Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee

HMS Unicorn berthed in Victoria Dock. Now open as a museum.

This and other images form a collection which can be viewed in higher quality at the Local History Department of Dundee Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee

HMS Unicorn berthed in Victoria Dock, now open as a museum.

This and other images form a collection which can be viewed in higher quality at the Local History Department of Dundee Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee

A vessel belonging to the Dundee Harbour Trust undergoing maintenance at the East Graving Dock, which lies between the Victoria and Camperdown Docks

This and other images form a collection which can be viewed in higher quality at the Local History Department of Dundee Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee

The Tay Ferries sailed  between Fife and Dundee and were nicknamed the "Fifies".

You can find out more about the "Fifies" at www.dundeemaritime.co.uk/Fifies

This and other images form a collection which can be viewed in higher quality at the Local History Department of Dundee Central Library, Wellgate Centre, Dundee

Although the whaling fleet is often associated with large sailing ships,each ship had up to eight of these smaller open boats. The sailors would set out in boats like this to hunt the whales returning to the larger ship after the hunt

More information on the Whaling industry that worked out of Dundee in the 18th and 19th centuries can be read at: http://www.fdca.org.uk/Whaling_Industry.html

HMS Dumbarton Castle (K388) built at the Caledon Shipyard between May and September 1943. A Castle-class corvette, later redesignated as Frigate F388 and saw service in the North Atlantic. It was placed into reserve after the second world war then scrapped in 1961

Displacement: 1060 tons ; Length 77metres ; Beam 11metres with a top speed of 16.5knots

The Tay Ferry "BL Nairn" which served between Fife and Dundee from 1929 to 1966.

You can find out more about the "Fifies" at www.dundeemaritime.co.uk/Fifies