Training Ships, Nautical Schools, Location and Dates: 1700 – 2000 Modified from a thesis of Ray Ward by Bernard de Neumann | |||||
Location |
Pupils |
Opened |
Closed |
Commentary | |
Industrial School Ships |
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Clio |
Bangor |
260 |
1877 |
May, 1919 |
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Cumberland (Empress) (+ Cumbria & Selene) |
Gareloch |
360 |
Jun 1869 |
1923 |
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Endeavour (Feltham I.S.) |
Feltham |
150 |
1866 |
1909 |
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Formidable |
Portishead |
325 |
Nov 1869 |
1906 |
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Gibraltar |
Belfast |
350 |
Jun 1872 |
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Goliath |
Grays |
500 |
Nov 1870 |
Dec 1875 |
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Grampian |
Belfast |
? |
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Havannah |
Cardiff |
100 |
1861 |
1905 |
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Mars |
Dundee |
300 |
Sep 1869 |
1929 |
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Mount Edgcumbe |
Saltash, Plymouth |
250 |
1877 |
Jun 1920 |
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Shaftsbury (+Themis) |
Grays |
400 |
1877 |
1905 |
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Southampton |
Hull |
240 |
Sep 1868 |
1912 |
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Wellesley |
Tynemouth |
300 |
Jan 1868 |
1914 |
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Reformatory Ships/Approved Schools |
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Akbar |
Rock Ferry, Mersey |
200 |
Jun 1855 |
1908 |
HMS Cornwallis renamed Akbar in 1812 and used for quarantine service from 1827 to 1855 in Liverpool. In 1862 replaced by Wellington which took her name. |
Clarence |
Mersey |
250 |
Aug 1864 |
Jul 1899 |
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Cornwall |
Grays/Denton |
250 |
Jun 1859 |
1940 |
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Farnworth N.S. (Ex Clarence)/St Aidan’s |
Wigan |
1900 |
1980’s |
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Heswall Nautical School (Ex Akbar) |
Heswall/Wirral |
1908 |
1956 |
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National Nautical School (+Polly) (Ex Formidable) |
Portishead |
1906 |
1982 |
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Wellesley Nautical School (+ James Hall & Carina) (Ex Wellesley) |
Blyth |
1914 |
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Private & Charitable Training Ships/Schools |
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Arethusa (Shaftsbury Homes) |
Greenhithe/Medway |
200 |
1874 |
1973 |
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Chichester (Shaftsbury Homes) |
Greenhithe |
200 |
1866 |
1874 |
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Royal Mathematical School of Christ’s Hospital School |
Greyfriars, London/ Horsham, Sussex |
1672 |
Pupils called Mathemats entered Navy as King’s Letter Boys. | ||
Diana |
Tyne |
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Exmouth (+Steadfast) (Metropolitan Asylum Bd/LCC) |
Grays |
700 |
1876 |
1939 |
Continued as London Nautical Training School at Wolverstone Hall until 1951. |
Foudroyant |
Falmouth |
1897 |
Built of Teak as HMS Trincomalee. Bought by Mr Wheatley Cobb for convertion to a stationary training ship and renamed Foudroyant. | ||
Gibbs Training School |
Penarth |
1869 |
1936 |
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Indefatigable (+James J. Bibby) |
Rock Ferry, Mersey |
250 |
Jul 1865 |
1940 |
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Mercury (+Visula) |
Hamble |
1885 |
1968 |
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Royal Hospital School (Greenwich Royal Hospital) |
Greenwich & Holbrook |
680 |
1712 |
In 1712 GH began the education of boys not less than 14 nor more than 17 by appointing Thomas Watson as their teacher. Watson founded Watson’s Academy and obtained a Royal Warrant to teach Navigation. GRHS had HMS Fame set into ground at front of school. Boys from GHS/Upper School (later Nautical School) of GRHS entered RN & MN directly as Masters’ Mates. | |
Russell Coates N.S. (Dr Barnado’s) |
Parkstone, Dorset |
40 |
1920 |
1964 |
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Stork (Navy League) |
Hammersmith |
60 |
1911 |
1948 |
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Warspite (Marine Society) |
Grays |
200 |
1756 |
1940 |
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Watts Naval T.S. (Dr Barnado’s) |
Elmham, Norfolk |
300 |
1906 |
1954 |
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Sea Training Schools |
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Graham Sea Training School (+ Bonaventure & Maisie Graham) |
Scarborough |
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Gravesend Sea Training School (+ Triton) |
Gravesend |
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Hull School for Fishermen |
Hull |
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Lancs & National Sea Training Homes |
Wallasey |
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National Sea Training School |
Liverpool |
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Prince of Wales Sea Training School |
Limehouse |
50 |
1920 |
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Rotherhithe New Road Nautical School |
Rotherhithe |
1915 |
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Vindicatrix |
Severn |
1921 |
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Sea Cadet Training Ships |
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Bounty |
Worcester |
40 |
1940 |
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Foudrayant |
Portsmouth |
1945 |
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Implacable |
Portsmouth |
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Nelson |
Battersea |
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Stork |
Severn |
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Merchant Navy Cadet Ships/Colleges |
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Conway |
Mersey/Menai |
140 |
Aug 1859 |
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Pangbourne College |
Pangbourne |
150-350 |
1917 |
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Worcester (+ Katrine, Cutty Sark, Worcester Cadet) |
Greenhithe |
140 |
1862 |
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Sea-Going Merchant Navy Cadet Ships |
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Australia (British India Steam Navigation Co) |
1919 |
1934 |
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Carpentaria (British India Steam Navigation Co) |
1919 |
1934 |
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Cutty Sark |
1938 |
1952 |
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Dartford (New Zealand Shipping Co.) |
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Devon (New Zealand Shipping Co.) |
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English Rose |
1942 |
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Euterpe (Shaw Saville & Co.) |
1871 |
1899 |
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Garibaldi (Aberdovey Outward Bound Sea School) |
1941 |
1949 |
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Harbinger (Devitt & Moore) |
1890 |
1897 |
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Hesperus (Devitt & Moore) |
1890 |
1899 |
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Illawarra (Devitt & Moore) |
1899 |
1907 |
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Joseph Conrad |
1934 |
1936 |
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Lady of Avenel |
1921 |
1923 |
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Lady Quirk |
1930 |
Ended days as HQ ship of Essex Yacht Club. | |||
MacQuarie (Devitt & Moore) |
1897 |
1904 |
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Medway (Devitt & Moore) |
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Mersey (White Star Line) |
1908 |
1915 |
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Mynimie R. Kirby |
1927 |
1930 |
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Nardana (British India Steam Navigation Co.) |
1919 |
1934 |
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Northumberland (New Zealand Shipping C0.) |
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Port Jackson (Devitt & Moore) |
1906 |
1916 |
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Prince Louis (Gordonstoun School) |
1938 |
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St George (Devitt & Moore) |
1919 |
1921 |
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Wave |
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Westmorland (New Zealand Shipping Co.) |
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Woodarra (British India Steam Navigation Co.) |
1919 |
1934 |
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Navigation & Nautical Schools Ashore |
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Baxter’s School |
Leadenhall St, London |
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Boulevard Nautical School |
Hull |
1914 |
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Broughton’s School |
Walting St, London |
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Burstow Nautical School |
Horley, Sussex |
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Department of Navigation |
Cardiff |
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Department of Navigation |
Southampton |
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Department of Navigation, Merchant Adventurers’ Tech College |
Bristol |
1733 |
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King Edward VII Nautical School (Nicholl’s Academy) |
Poplar |
1856 |
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LCC School of Engineering and Navigation |
Poplar |
1904 |
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Leith Nautical College |
Leith |
1903 |
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London Nautical School |
Southwark |
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Marine School |
South Shields |
1837 |
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Nautical College, Central Technical School |
Liverpool |
1892 |
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Navigation School |
Plymouth |
1862 |
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Potter’s Nautical Academy |
Tower Hill, London |
1907 |
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Quirk Nautical College |
Gravesend & Poole |
1918 |
1932 |
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Rugg’s School |
Commercial Rd, London |
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School of Navigation |
Aberdeen |
1857 |
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School of Navigation |
Dundee |
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School of Navigation, Royal Technical College |
Glasgow |
1910 |
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Sir John Cass Nautical school, Technical Institute |
London |
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Smith Junior Nautical School |
Cardiff |
1921 |
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Trinity House Navigation School |
Hull |
1785 |
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Trinity House Navigation School |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
May 1712 |
1870 |
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Watt Memorial School of Navigation |
Greenock |
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Watts Academy |
Tower St, London |
c1720 |
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Royal Navy – Cadet Ships/Shore Schools |
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HMS Britannia (+ Syren & Wave) |
Devenport |
Sep 1857 |
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Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth |
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Royal Naval Academy, Gosport? |
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Royal Naval College, Osborne |
1903 |
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Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham |
1903 |
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Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon |
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Royal Navy – Boy Seamen Ships/Shore Schools |
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HMS Agincourt |
Portsmouth |
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HMS Black Prince |
Queenstown |
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HMS Boscowan |
Portland |
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HMS Caledonia |
Forth, Scotland |
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HMS Duke |
Malvern, Worcs |
1939? |
1946 |
Site presently occupied by DERA Malvern | |
HMS Emerald |
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HMS Fisgard |
Portsmouth |
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HMS Foudroyant |
Falmouth |
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HMS Ganges |
Falmouth/Shotley |
1866 |
1973 |
Ganges was built in India (ordered in June 1816) of Teak, and proved particularly durable. | |
HMS Implacable |
Devenport |
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HMS Impregnable |
Devonport |
1928 |
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HMS Lion |
Devonport |
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HMS Minotaur |
Portland |
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HMS St George |
Isle of Man |
1940 |
1945 |
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HMS St Vincent |
Gosport |
400 |
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Royal Navy – Boys Gunnery Ships |
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HMS Pembroke |
Medway |
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Royal Navy – Sea-Going Training Ships |
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HMS Active |
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HMS Benbow |
Dec 1930 |
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HMS Calliope |
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HMS Cleopatra |
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HMS Curacoa |
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HMS Emperor of India |
Dec 1930 |
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HMS Marlborough |
Dec 1930 |
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HMS Martin |
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HMS Medusa |
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HMS Northampton |
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HMS Royal Arthur |