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Ship used to train seafarers

A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms.

The hands-on aspect provided by sail training has also been used as a platform for everything from semesters at sea for undergraduate oceanography and biology students, marine science and physical science for high school students, to character building for at-risk youths.

Notable training ships[edit]

Royal Navy[edit]

Painting of the first Mersey boat race between cadets of HMS Conway (on the right) and London’s HMS Worcester on 11 June 1891. Also moored in line are reformatory ships Clarence (centre, furthest away) and Akbar, and TS Indefatigable.[1]
  • Arethusa (1849) from 1874 to 1933.
  • Buzzard (1887) from 1904 to 1921 (renamed President in 1911).
  • Bristol (D23), a 1973 destroyer used for training from 1987 to 2020.
  • Clio (1858) from 1876 to c.1919.
  • Castor (1832) from 1860 to 1902.
  • Conway, a series of three training ships from 1859 to 1956 and then a shore-based school.
  • Defiance (1861) from 1884 to 1931.
  • Duncan (F80), a 1955 frigate used for training from 1969 to 1985.
  • Cornwall
  • Eastbourne (F73), a 1957 frigate used for training from 1971 to 1985.
  • HMS Exmouth (1905), the Royal Navy’s first specially commissioned training ship; renamed HMS Worcester after 1945.
  • Excellent, a series of three gunnery training ships from 1830 to 1892 before moving ashore.
  • Foudroyant (1798), training ship for gunnery from 1862 to 1884, and for boys from 1891 to 1897. See also Trincomalee.
  • Ganges (1821) from 1865 to 1905; continuing renamed Tenedos III, Indus V and Impregnable III until 1923.
  • Implacable, ex-French Duguay-Rouin (1800) renamed in 1805, from 1855 to c.1949.
  • TS Indefatigable, a series of two training ships from 1865 to 1941, including ex-HMS Phaeton (1883).
  • Lion (1847) from 1871 to 1905.
  • Mars (1848) from 1869 to 1929.
  • TS Mercury, a naval training establishment founded as a ship in 1885.
  • Mount Edgecumbe, ex-HMS Winchester (1822) renamed Conway (1861–76), used from 1876 to 1920.
  • Northampton (1876) from 1894 to 1905.
  • President (1829) from 1862 to 1903.
  • Southampton (1820) from 1866 to 1912.
  • Trincomalee (1817) from 1860 to 1903, continuing renamed TS Foudroyant until 1986.
  • Warspite, a series of three training ships from 1862 to 1940.
  • Worcester, a series of three training ships from 1862 to 1968.
  • Wellesley
  • St Vincent (1815) from 1862 to 1905.

Other navies[edit]

  • Algerian Navy
  • Argentine Navy
  • Bangladesh Navy
  • Brazilian Navy
  • Bulgarian Navy
  • Royal Canadian Navy
  • Chilean Navy
  • Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy
  • Colombian Navy
  • Dominican Navy
  • Finnish Navy
  • German Navy
  • Indian Navy
  • Indonesian Navy
  • Irish Naval Service
  • Italian Navy
  • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • Mexican Navy
  • Royal Dutch Navy
  • New Zealand Navy
  • Pakistan Navy
  • Peruvian Navy
  • Polish Navy
  • Portuguese Navy
  • Romanian Navy
  • Spanish Navy
  • Sri Lankan Navy
  • United States
  • Uruguayan Navy
  • Venezuelan Navy

Merchant fleet[edit]

  • MV Cape Don
  • Christian Radich, Norway
  • Herzogin Cecilie, Germany
  • Belem, France
  • Kruzenshtern, Russia
  • Khersones, Ukraine
  • Kraljica Mora, Croatia
  • Pamir, Germany, sunk 1957
  • Passat, Germany
  • STS Mir, Russia
  • STS Sedov, Russia
  • Sørlandet, Norway
  • John W. Brown, USA
  • John W. Brown II, USA
  • Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Norway
  • Danmark, Denmark
  • TS Dolphin Leith, United Kingdom[2]
  • TS Dufferin (IMMTS Dufferin), British India
  • TS Rajendra, India
  • TS Chanakya, India
  • TS Kapitan Felix Oca of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific
  • TV Bluefin of the Australian Maritime College
  • MV Stephen Brown Permanently Moored vessel of the Australian Maritime College

United States Maritime Administration owned training ships[edit]

Other sail training vessels[edit]

Tenacious in 2010, largest wooden ship built in the UK for over 100 years.
  • Argo, schooner launched in 2006.
  • Atyla, schooner launched in 1984.
  • Californian, launched in 1984.
  • Christian Radich
  • Dar Młodzieży
  • Harvey Gamage, schooner launched in 1973.
  • Irving Johnson and Exy Johnson, twin brigantines launched in 2002.
  • Kaiwo Maru
  • Kruzenshtern
  • Lady Washington
  • Malcolm Miller
  • Nippon Maru
  • Ocean Star, schooner launched in 1991.
  • Pacific Swift
  • Peking, 1911 barque used as TS Arethusa II from 1932 to 1940 and then 1945 to 1975.
  • Pelican of London
  • Picton Castle, ex-trawler (1928) converted to barque (1990s) for use 1997 onward.
  • Pilgrim
  • TS Royalist, a series of two ships launched in 1971 and 2014.
  • Sir Winston Churchill
  • Stavros S Niarchos
  • Tenacious, barque launched in 2000.
  • Tole Mour
  • SSV Tabor Boy
  • BAP Unión

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