HMS Unicorn, Scotland's oldest ship, receives £1.1 million for restoration

Scotland's oldest vessel, HMS Unicorn, has received £1.1 million in funding for its restoration from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Launched in 1824 as a 40 gun frigate for the Royal Naval Reserves, the ship continued in use until the 1960s. It is today based in Dundee, where it is in the care of the Unicorn Preservation Society (https://www.frigateunicorn.org).

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