List of ship decommissionings in 1988
The list of ship decommissionings in 1988 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1988.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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6 February | ![]() | Advance | Attack-class patrol boat | Museum ship | To Australian National Maritime Museum | |
30 March | ![]() | Augsburg | Köln-class frigate | Wrecked at Hamburg | ||
17 May | Stena Line | Stena Saga | ![]() | Ferry | Transferred to Lion Ferry | Rebuilt into Lion Queen |
25 June | ![]() | Tullibee | Unique submarine | Decommissioned | Entered the Navy's Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program on 5 January 1995. On 1 April 1996, the hulk ceased to exist. | |
26 June | ![]() | Bayonet | Attack-class patrol boat | Decommissioned | Scuttled in Bass Strait | |
7 July | ![]() | Diomede | Leander-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold to Pakistan, renamed PNS Shamsheer[1] | |
31 August | ![]() | Apollo | Leander-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold to Pakistan, renamed PNS Zulfiqar | |
13 October | SF Line (Viking Line traffic) | Turella | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Sold to Stena Line | Renamed Stena Nordica |
1 December | ![]() | Lübeck | Köln-class frigate | Decommissioned | Sold to the Turkish Navy for cannibalization | |
December | Swansea-Cork Ferries | Celtic Pride | ![]() | Ferry | End of charter, returned to Polferries | Renamed Rogalin |
Citations
- ^ Friedman, p. 338
Bibliography
- Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.