If you, or someone you’re acquainted with, has ever served aboard HMS Unicorn (aka HMS Cressy for those of WWII vintage), we want to know!
Our “Old Hands Form” has been placed online so you can share your experiences and stories of the ship, or even just simply inform us that you served. Any information is greatly appreciated and helps us weave the history of the ship together.
You can find the form by clicking here.
Our theme for the 2010 Unicorn Ball will be ‘Out of Africa’ so dig out your ‘tribal tartan’ and come prepared to dance the night away!
Following the success of previous years’ events, the Unicorn annual ‘May Day’ golf event, organised by Avian Communications, is becoming a regular date in the Tayside business calendar. We are delighted to announce the third Annual HM Frigate Unicorn Golf Tournament will be held this year on Thursday 27th May 2010 and we are now inviting teams and individuals to enter for this event.
For more information, please visit this event’s page.
Dear All;
Happy New Year!
Regular Unicorn dancing will start again this Wednesday, 13th Jan 2010, at 1930. All are welcome, and it would be fun to start the new year with some new faces, so do bring a friend!
Last year’s Burns’ Supper was considered a great success, and we’re planning a repeat on Saturday 6th March 2010. Details will follow in a day or two, once finalised, but we hope our performers will again include Sheena Wellington and Patsy Seddon.
The Unicorn Ball is planned for Saturday 5th June 2010. Put the date in your diaries for another evening of merriment and conviviality.
Latest information will be posted under the ‘Events’ section of the New Unicorn Website (www.frigateunicorn.org) which has been developed by our new computing manager Brad Sandidge, so do keep an eye on this site.
Hoping to see you at our events onboard…
Roderick Stewart
If you have a Facebook account, join our fan page to interact with other fans of the ship and show your support for this priceless piece of history. Just click on the image below to access the page:
Unicorn hosts a lively and welcoming group of Scottish Country Dancers who meet (and dance!) onboard every Wednesday evening.
The Unicorn Dancers have recently been learning the dance ‘Schiehallion’ and, being an adventurous crew, decided to try out the dance up the mountain after which it is named. View the video of this zany event:
H.M. Frigate Unicorn was originally built to go to war. A fine example of a frigate ship with 46 guns, the Unicorn is perfectly intact and ready for battle. She is one of the oldest wooden ships in the world still afloat today. The ship was launched in 1824 but, sadly, the ship has never been in use and was towed to Dundee in 1854 where she has remained ever since. Stripped of her masts and laid to rest, the Unicorn has lacked funding, attention and appreciation since then.
