HMS Unicorn

It was so still down at City Quay Dundee today that the water of the Tay provided an almost glass like reflection. So much so that I have rotated the original image for a bit of fun.

The boat in the picture is the Frigate Unicorn, sadly now not in the best state of repair externally.

His Majesty?s Frigate UNICORN, of 46 guns, was built for the Royal Navy in Chatham dockyard, and she was launched in 1824.

The classic sailing frigate was a fast and powerful warship, and was one of the most successful and charismatic ship designs of the age.

UNICORN is a unique survivor from the brief transitional period between the traditional wooden sailing ship and the revolutionary iron steamship, and is now one of the six oldest ships left in the world. Source
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