On 29 November 1995, the Ministry of Culture by its no. YΠΠΟ/ΔΙΛΑΠ/Γ/B/46081/3225 decision accepted the donation of the training sailing ship Eugenios Eugenides made by the Minister of Merchant Marine.
On the same day, the Ministry of Culture by its no. YΠΠO/ΔΙΛΑΠ/Γ/I/55414/3939 decision ceded use of the training sailing ship Eugenios Eugenides to the Maritime Museum of Greece. These two decisions, which certainly turned a page in the history of the vessel, had been preceded by a sad period of about four years with the ship chained at anchor in Zea harbour. However, despite the passing of time, her elegant lines had lost none of their suppleness and grace and she stood out among the heavily fitted, stout, modern yachts, elegantly radiating the nobility of a glorious past.

At the beginning of this paper, we described how the vessel came to the possession of the Ministry of Culture and ceded to the Maritime Museum of Greece with the idea that it would be renovated. The first plan was that it should be converted into a museum and an exhibition area. Although ambitious, this was not an unfeasible project, especially if an affluent patron could have been found to support the venture. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Culture, despite its undoubted good will, and the funds it was willing to supply, whilst significant, could not cover the expenses required for the refitting and