his earlier ship that had been wrecked in 1897. She was used in conjunction with as an accommodation ship, a training ship, and a holiday ship based in Falmouth then Portsmouth. She remained in service until 1986, after which she was again restored and renamed back to Trincomalee in 1992. Later years Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, following her recent restoration Trincomalee has become the centrepiece of the National Museum of the Royal Navy based in Hartlepool. Trincomalee holds the distinction of being the oldest British warship still afloat as , although 52 years her senior, is in dry dock. Until his death in 1929, the Falmouth-based painter Henry Scott Tuke used the ship and its trainees as subject matter. Gallery See also – 18th-century first rate ship of the line – 18th-century US Navy frigate – a surviving sister ship Historical Maritime Society References Further reading Andrew Lambert – Trincomalee: the last of Nelson’s frigates, Chatham Publishing, 2002, External links HMS Trincomalee official website Frigates of the Royal Navy Museum ships in the United Kingdom Museums in County Durham Tall ships of the United Kingdom 1817 ships Leda-class frigates Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet British ships built in India