Unicorn Talk: Monday 6th Feb – Heroic Sea Dog Bamse His Berth at Dundee by Andrew Orr and Angus Whitson.
Our first Talk by Alistair Urquhart the famous ‘Forgotten Highlander’ was a roaring success, and we want to make sure that Andrew Orr & Angus Whitson’s coming illustrated talk on the famous Norwegian Sea-dog Bamse is as [...]
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6th Feb Talk: Heroic Sea-Dog Bamse
January 30, 2012 – 4:12 pm
Merry Christmas from ‘Unicorn’!
December 14, 2011 – 2:21 pm
We wish all our Friends and Supporters a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
RNR Remembrance Service, 13 Nov at 3pm
October 23, 2011 – 10:28 am
Don’t forget the RNR Remembrance Service, which is open to all and will be held onboard at 3pm on Sunday 13 Nov 2011. Our Guest Preacher is Cardinal O’Brien and Dundee Instrumental Band will provide the accompaniment as in previous years. Click for details.
Preview Video of Unicorn at Edinburgh Tattoo
August 7, 2011 – 4:44 pm
HMS Unicorn at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo!
Here’s a link to a video shot by one of our Volunteers at the Preview Night of the Tattoo. Brad Sandidge had a great seat, so this gives a good impression of the act, which features the figurehead and guns very prominently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjU4fpXS178
The whole show gets better every night [...]
A Ship with Three Figureheads!
August 2, 2011 – 5:41 pm
HMS UNICORN Swaps her Figurehead!
HMS Unicorn’s familiar ‘Unicorn’ figurehead takes a surprising aerial journey, courtesy of Nationwide Platforms. HMS Unicorn is unique amongst sailing ships in having three figureheads: one wooden master carving kept in store and two light-weight copies in fibreglass! The figurehead on Unicorn’s beakhead is one of the GRP copies, greatly easing [...]
Unicorn at Edinburgh Tattoo!
August 2, 2011 – 5:32 pm
Dundee’s H M S Unicorn ‘sails’ to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo!
With the Royal Navy as the lead service at this year’s Edinburgh Tattoo, it was natural to recreate some Trafalgar-period gunnery as the lead-in to the Navy’s traditional Field Gun Race, but where to find the guns? We were delighted to help out and are lending two gun [...]
G&S Afloat: Patience 16-18 June
June 10, 2011 – 5:06 pm
Gilbert & Sullivan Afloat: This year’s performance is ‘Patience’ with lots of great music, on Thursday 16, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 June, so to find out more and book tickets.
Unicorn Affiliation with National Museum of Royal Navy
April 28, 2011 – 9:49 am
The Unicorn Preservation Society became affiliated with the National Museum of the Royal Navy at a lunchtime ceremony at which the Principal Guest was HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of both organisations.
Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and a former First Sea Lord, represented the National [...]
New Web Pages
February 3, 2011 – 12:57 pm
Check out our new web pages!
and
Watch out for further new pages!
4th June Summer Ball
February 3, 2011 – 12:48 pm
4th June 2011 Unicorn Summer Hamper Ball
Dine and Dance aboard Unicorn on Saturday 4th June 2011 from 19.30-0100. Tickets £16.
This is a very friendly and lively event, so come prepared for fun and dress as outrageously as you wish. Even elephants and hottentots (see ) have been know to ‘brave the briney’ aboard Unicorn on [...]
