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

     
           

Clio

Bangor

260

1877

May, 1919

 

Cumberland (Empress) (+ Cumbria & Selene)

Gareloch

360

Jun 1869

1923

 

Endeavour (Feltham I.S.)

Feltham

150

1866

1909

 

Formidable

Portishead

325

Nov 1869

1906

 

Gibraltar

Belfast

350

Jun 1872

   

Goliath

Grays

500

Nov 1870

Dec 1875

 

Grampian

Belfast

?

     

Havannah

Cardiff

100

1861

1905

 

Mars

Dundee

300

Sep 1869

1929

 

Mount Edgcumbe

Saltash, Plymouth

250

1877

Jun 1920

 

Shaftsbury (+Themis)

Grays

400

1877

1905

 

Southampton

Hull

240

Sep 1868

1912

 

Wellesley

Tynemouth

300

Jan 1868

1914

 
           
           

Reformatory Ships/Approved Schools

     
           

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

 

Cornwall

Grays/Denton

250

Jun 1859

1940

 

Farnworth N.S. (Ex Clarence)/St Aidan’s

Wigan

 

1900

1980’s

 

Heswall Nautical School (Ex Akbar)

Heswall/Wirral

 

1908

1956

 

National Nautical School (+Polly) (Ex Formidable)

Portishead

 

1906

1982

 

Wellesley Nautical School (+ James Hall & Carina) (Ex Wellesley)

Blyth

 

1914

   
           

Private & Charitable Training Ships/Schools

     
           

Arethusa (Shaftsbury Homes)

Greenhithe/Medway

200

1874

1973

 

Chichester (Shaftsbury Homes)

Greenhithe

200

1866

1874

 

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

       

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

 

Indefatigable (+James J. Bibby)

Rock Ferry, Mersey

250

Jul 1865

1940

 

Mercury (+Visula)

Hamble

 

1885

1968

 

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

 

Stork (Navy League)

Hammersmith

60

1911

1948

 

Warspite (Marine Society)

Grays

200

1756

1940

 

Watts Naval T.S. (Dr Barnado’s)

Elmham, Norfolk

300

1906

1954

 
           

Sea Training Schools

     
           

Graham Sea Training School (+ Bonaventure & Maisie Graham)

Scarborough

       

Gravesend Sea Training School (+ Triton)

Gravesend

       

Hull School for Fishermen

Hull

       

Lancs & National Sea Training Homes

Wallasey

       

National Sea Training School

Liverpool

       

Prince of Wales Sea Training School

Limehouse

50

1920

   

Rotherhithe New Road Nautical School

Rotherhithe

 

1915

   

Vindicatrix

Severn

 

1921

   
           

Sea Cadet Training Ships

     
           

Bounty

Worcester

40

1940

   

Foudrayant

Portsmouth

 

1945

   

Implacable

Portsmouth

       

Nelson

Battersea

       

Stork

Severn

       
           

Merchant Navy Cadet Ships/Colleges

     
           

Conway

Mersey/Menai

140

Aug 1859

   

Pangbourne College

Pangbourne

150-350

1917

   

Worcester (+ Katrine, Cutty Sark, Worcester Cadet)

Greenhithe

140

1862

   
           

Sea-Going Merchant Navy Cadet Ships

     
           

Australia (British India Steam Navigation Co)

   

1919

1934

 

Carpentaria (British India Steam Navigation Co)

   

1919

1934

 

Cutty Sark

   

1938

1952

 

Dartford (New Zealand Shipping Co.)

         

Devon (New Zealand Shipping Co.)

         

English Rose

   

1942

   

Euterpe (Shaw Saville & Co.)

   

1871

1899

 

Garibaldi (Aberdovey Outward Bound Sea School)

   

1941

1949

 

Harbinger (Devitt & Moore)

   

1890

1897

 

Hesperus (Devitt & Moore)

   

1890

1899

 

Illawarra (Devitt & Moore)

   

1899

1907

 

Joseph Conrad

   

1934

1936

 

Lady of Avenel

   

1921

1923

 

Lady Quirk

   

1930

 

Ended days as HQ ship of Essex Yacht Club.

MacQuarie (Devitt & Moore)

   

1897

1904

 

Medway (Devitt & Moore)

         

Mersey (White Star Line)

   

1908

1915

 

Mynimie R. Kirby

   

1927

1930

 

Nardana (British India Steam Navigation Co.)

   

1919

1934

 

Northumberland (New Zealand Shipping C0.)

         

Port Jackson (Devitt & Moore)

   

1906

1916

 

Prince Louis (Gordonstoun School)

   

1938

   

St George (Devitt & Moore)

   

1919

1921

 

Wave

         

Westmorland (New Zealand Shipping Co.)

         

Woodarra (British India Steam Navigation Co.)

   

1919

1934

 
           

Navigation & Nautical Schools Ashore

     
           

Baxter’s School

Leadenhall St, London

       

Boulevard Nautical School

Hull

 

1914

   

Broughton’s School

Walting St, London

       

Burstow Nautical School

Horley, Sussex

       

Department of Navigation

Cardiff

       

Department of Navigation

Southampton

       

Department of Navigation, Merchant Adventurers’ Tech College

Bristol

 

1733

   

King Edward VII Nautical School (Nicholl’s Academy)

Poplar

 

1856

   

LCC School of Engineering and Navigation

Poplar

 

1904

   

Leith Nautical College

Leith

 

1903

   

London Nautical School

Southwark

       

Marine School

South Shields

 

1837

   

Nautical College, Central Technical School

Liverpool

 

1892

   

Navigation School

Plymouth

 

1862

   

Potter’s Nautical Academy

Tower Hill, London

   

1907

 

Quirk Nautical College

Gravesend & Poole

 

1918

1932

 

Rugg’s School

Commercial Rd, London

       

School of Navigation

Aberdeen

 

1857

   

School of Navigation

Dundee

       

School of Navigation, Royal Technical College

Glasgow

 

1910

   

Sir John Cass Nautical school, Technical Institute

London

       

Smith Junior Nautical School

Cardiff

 

1921

   

Trinity House Navigation School

Hull

 

1785

   

Trinity House Navigation School

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

 

May 1712

1870

 

Watt Memorial School of Navigation

Greenock

       

Watts Academy

Tower St, London

 

c1720

   
         

Royal Navy – Cadet Ships/Shore Schools

     
         

HMS Britannia (+ Syren & Wave)

Devenport

 

Sep 1857

   

Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

         

Royal Naval Academy, Gosport?

         

Royal Naval College, Osborne

   

1903

   

Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham

   

1903

   

Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon

         
         

Royal Navy – Boy Seamen Ships/Shore Schools

     
         

HMS Agincourt

Portsmouth

       

HMS Black Prince

Queenstown

       

HMS Boscowan

Portland

       

HMS Caledonia

Forth, Scotland

       

HMS Duke

Malvern, Worcs

 

1939?

1946

Site presently occupied by DERA Malvern

HMS Emerald

         

HMS Fisgard

Portsmouth

       

HMS Foudroyant

Falmouth

       

HMS Ganges

Falmouth/Shotley

 

1866

1973

Ganges was built in India (ordered in June 1816) of Teak, and proved particularly durable.

HMS Implacable

Devenport

       

HMS Impregnable

Devonport

   

1928

 

HMS Lion

Devonport

       

HMS Minotaur

Portland

       

HMS St George

Isle of Man

 

1940

1945

 

HMS St Vincent

Gosport

400

     
         

Royal Navy – Boys Gunnery Ships

     
         

HMS Pembroke

Medway

       
         

Royal Navy – Sea-Going Training Ships

     
         

HMS Active

         

HMS Benbow

     

Dec 1930

 

HMS Calliope

         

HMS Cleopatra

         

HMS Curacoa

         

HMS Emperor of India

     

Dec 1930

 

HMS Marlborough

     

Dec 1930

 

HMS Martin

         

HMS Medusa

         

HMS Northampton

         

HMS Royal Arthur