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The Thames Nautical Training College, as it is now called, is a school that trains officers for a seagoing career. It was, for over a hundred years, situated aboard ships named HMS Worcester . London shipowners, marine insurance underwriters and merchants subscribed to its founding.
HMS Worcester was also the name given to the Thames Nautical Training College. It was established in 1862 aboard the fifth HMS Worcester. The name HMS Worcester ceased to be associated with the establishment after 1968. Several ships have been named or renamed HMS Worcester whilst serving with the establishment:
Then in 1862, London ship owners seeking to found a training college approached the Admiralty for the loan of a suitable ship, and so she was lent as a training ship to form the Thames Marine Officer Training School (later known as the Thames Nautical Training College), with nearly £1,000 spent on her conversion.
The Marine Society College of the Sea. The Marine Society is a British charity, the world's first established for seafarers.In 1756, at the beginning of the Seven Years' War against France, Austria, and Saxony (and subsequently the Mughal Empire, Spain, Russia and Sweden) Britain urgently needed to recruit men for the navy.
Thames Nautical Training College; TS Jack Petchey; W. HMS Winchester (1822) HMS Worcester (1843) This page was last edited on 3 January 2014, at 23:42 (UTC). Text is ...
On 19 October 1876 she was renamed as Worcester, to take on a new role as a training ship at Greenhithe for the Thames Nautical Training College. [2] She fulfilled this role until her sale in July 1948. She foundered in the River Thames on 30 August 1948. She was raised in May 1953 and was broken up. [2] Cutty Sark and HMS Worcester as training ...
Colmore was born at Hathern, Leicestershire on 14 September 1885 and in 1901 he enrolled, aged 15, as an Officer Cadet at the Thames Nautical Training College (also known as HMS Worcester) in Dartford, Kent. [1] In 1910, at his own expense, he joined the Royal Aero Club and learned to fly at the Royal Naval Flying School, Eastchurch. [2]
Hartwell started his career as a cadet in the Royal Navy Reserve as a cadet aboard the Thames Nautical Training College, HMS Worcester 1955–57. We went to sea as an apprentice with P&O Group . He became a master mariner in 1972, assistant nautical inspector and cargo superintendent ( Overseas Containers Limited ) at the P&O Group (1958–71).