It is with a heavy heart that I inform those of you who haven't already heard about the scrapping of ex-Peruvian navy cruiser
Almirante Grau, "the last gun cruiser" which was not successfully preserved as a museum ship. Laid down by the Dutch as
De Ruyter in 1939 but not finished until the 1950s, she served the Peruvian navy for over forty years. Her sister,
Aguirre (ex-
De Zeven Provinciën) was scrapped way back in 2000.
Vaya con Dios, Grau
I had personally been eager to visit this ship, now the remaining museum ships at the top of my list to see are
Mikasa, Aurora, Alabama, Texas and obviously U-995. On that note, my questions for everyone else are:
What has been your favorite museum ship of those you've visited?
What museum ship are you most eager to see in the future?