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unusual facts about training ship



Adam Mohuczy

From 1912 to 1916 he served aboard a training ship, armored cruiser General-Admiral class Gerzog Edinburgski, next, armoured cruiser, Rossiya, battleship Tsarievitch, and submarines Akula, Bars and S-12.

HMNZS Philomel

Originally a training base on board the cruiser it takes its name from, it is part of the Devonport Naval Base in North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand.

HMS Caroline

She was reassigned to harbour service in 1897 and then became a training ship and was renamed HMS Ganges in 1908.

SS North American

After being retired from service the North American was involved with purchasing deals of uncertain nature, and was finally sold at public auction to the Seafarers International Union in 1967 and she was to be used as a training ship at Piney Point, Maryland.


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BAP Apurimac

Veteran of two wars and many internal conflicts, from 1873 due her age it served as training ship in Callao port until January 17, 1881, when she was scuttled along with the rest of the Peruvian Navy to prevent being capture by the Chilean troops who occupied the port after the defeat of the Peruvian Army in the battle of San Juan and Miraflores.

Cooroy, Queensland

New Training Ship Noosa, Australian Navy Cadets, (Established in Cooroy in 2002 and now Based in Tewantin since 2006)

Crescent City-class attack transport

Subsequently, the ships were decommissioned one by one, from 1968 to 1977, but Crescent City was given a new lease of life as a training ship for the California Maritime Academy from 1971 to 1995.

Frederick Vosper

Few other details of his early life are available, but in 1885 he was at Devonport serving with the Royal Navy on the training ship Lion.

HMS Calypso

HMS Calypso (1883), a Calypso-class corvette launched in 1883, used as a training ship for the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve from 1902, renamed HMS Briton in 1916, sold in 1922 and used as a storage hulk, and now awash north of Lewisporte.

HMS Clarence

The third Clarence, originally a 120 first-rate ship of the line called HMS Royal William launched in 1833, reduced to a 72-gun screw ship in 1860, renamed to Clarence in 1885 and used as a training ship.

HTMS Tachin

HTMS Tachin was a Royal Thai Navy sloop and training ship, built by the Uraga Dock Company in Japan.

Japanese battleship Fusō

The ship was assigned to the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy at Etajima, Hiroshima, for use as a training ship between 15 November and 15 January.

MV Akdeniz

The MV Akdeniz is a 1955 built Turkish passenger ship that served on both ferry and cruise voyages for the Turkish Maritime Lines until she became a student accommodation and training ship in Tuzla, Istanbul Province for the Maritime Technology branch of the Istanbul Technical University.

MV AMET Majesty

It is registered with the Academy Of Maritime Education and Training, in Chennai, India as a training ship.

STS Mir

STS Mir from Russia is pictured at anchor with its sister ship Dar Mlodziezy from Poland and the training ship Mercedes from the Netherlands in the Solent Portsmouth during the Trafalgar 200 International Fleet Review.

Thomas Hiley

The site is currently under lease to the Department of Defence as an Australian Navy Cadets Training Ship.

TS Jack Petchey

The TS Jack Petchey (TS As training ship), is a British ship, named after Jack Petchey OBE.

TS Mercury

The Training Ship Mercury, or the TS Mercury, was a shore-based naval training establishment at Hamble in Hampshire.