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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.Statham, Edward Phillips

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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

Name: The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.
Author: Statham, Edward Phillips

Statham, Edward Phillips

Britannia (Ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy; Naval education -- Great Britain

| High jump (open) | High jump (under 5 ft.)
  ----------+------------------+------------------------
       1878 | 4·3              | ...
       1879 | 4·4              | ...
       1880 | 4·2-1/2          | ...
       1881 | 4·5              | ...
       1883 | 4·5              | ...
       1884 | 4·8              | ...
       1886 | 4·3-3/4          | 4·0-1/2
       1888 | 4·8              | 4·1-1/2
       1889 | 4·5-1/2          | 4·2
       1890 | 4·10             | 4·5
       1891 | 4·8              | 4·1-1/2
       1892 | 4·8              | 4·5
       1893 | 4·6-1/2          | 4·4
       1894 | 4·8-1/2          | 4·8-1/2
       1895 | 4·9              | 4·7
       1896 | 4·11-1/2         | 4·2-1/2
       1897 | 4·6              | 4·0
  Holder of | Yule, 4 ft.      | De Burgh,
    Record  |   11-1/2 in.     |   4 ft. 8-1/2 in.


            | Throwing cricket ball
  ----------+-------------------------
       1878 | 70-1/2
       1879 | 71
       1880 | 70
       1881 | 76
       1883 | 72
       1884 | 75
       1886 | 74
       1888 | 70
       1889 | 75-1/2
       1890 | 89-1/4
       1891 | 80-1/2
       1892 | 80
       1893 | 77
       1894 | 87
       1895 | 75
       1896 | 87
       1897 | 87
  Holder of | Paulet, 89-1/4 yds.,
    Record  |   with very strong wind.


            | Mile
  ----------+----------------------------
       1878 | 6
       1879 | 5·58
       1880 | ...
       1881 | ...
       1883 | ...
       1884 | ...
       1886 | ...
       1888 | ...
       1889 | 5·36
       1890 | 5·49
       1891 | 6·2
       1892 | 5·35
       1893 | 5·8
       1894 | 5·34
       1895 | 5·54
       1896 | 5·42
       1897 | 5·31-4/5
  Holder of | White, 5 min. 8 sec.
    Record  |   (inaccurate, probably);
            | Huddart, 5 min. 31-4/5 sec.


            | 100 yards (open) | 100 yards (under 5 ft.)
  ----------+------------------+------------------------
       1878 | ...              | ...
       1879 | ...              | ...
       1880 | ...              | ...
       1881 | ...              | ...
       1883 | ...              | ...
       1884 | ...              | ...
       1886 | ...              | ...
       1888 | ...              | ...
       1889 | ...              | ...
       1890 | ...              | ...
       1891 | ...              | ...
       1892 | 12-1/5           | 13-1/5
       1893 | 11               | ...
       1894 | 12-1/5           | 12-4/5
       1895 | 12-4/5           | 13-3/5
       1896 | 11-2/5           | 12-4/5
       1897 | 12-1/2           | 13-3/5
  Holder of | Collard,         | Pawson,
    Record  |    11 sec.       |   12-4/5 sec.

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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.Statham, Edward Phillips

History

The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

Statham, Edward Phillips

Britannia (Ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy; Naval education -- Great Britain

| High jump (open) | High jump (under 5 ft.)
  ----------+------------------+------------------------
       1878 | 4·3              | ...
       1879 | 4·4              | ...
       1880 | 4·2-1/2          | ...
       1881 | 4·5              | ...
       1883 | 4·5              | ...
       1884 | 4·8              | ...
       1886 | 4·3-3/4          | 4·0-1/2
       1888 | 4·8              | 4·1-1/2
       1889 | 4·5-1/2          | 4·2
       1890 | 4·10             | 4·5
       1891 | 4·8              | 4·1-1/2
       1892 | 4·8              | 4·5
       1893 | 4·6-1/2          | 4·4
       1894 | 4·8-1/2          | 4·8-1/2
       1895 | 4·9              | 4·7
       1896 | 4·11-1/2         | 4·2-1/2
       1897 | 4·6              | 4·0
  Holder of | Yule, 4 ft.      | De Burgh,
    Record  |   11-1/2 in.     |   4 ft. 8-1/2 in.


            | Throwing cricket ball
  ----------+-------------------------
       1878 | 70-1/2
       1879 | 71
       1880 | 70
       1881 | 76
       1883 | 72
       1884 | 75
       1886 | 74
       1888 | 70
       1889 | 75-1/2
       1890 | 89-1/4
       1891 | 80-1/2
       1892 | 80
       1893 | 77
       1894 | 87
       1895 | 75
       1896 | 87
       1897 | 87
  Holder of | Paulet, 89-1/4 yds.,
    Record  |   with very strong wind.


            | Mile
  ----------+----------------------------
       1878 | 6
       1879 | 5·58
       1880 | ...
       1881 | ...
       1883 | ...
       1884 | ...
       1886 | ...
       1888 | ...
       1889 | 5·36
       1890 | 5·49
       1891 | 6·2
       1892 | 5·35
       1893 | 5·8
       1894 | 5·34
       1895 | 5·54
       1896 | 5·42
       1897 | 5·31-4/5
  Holder of | White, 5 min. 8 sec.
    Record  |   (inaccurate, probably);
            | Huddart, 5 min. 31-4/5 sec.


            | 100 yards (open) | 100 yards (under 5 ft.)
  ----------+------------------+------------------------
       1878 | ...              | ...
       1879 | ...              | ...
       1880 | ...              | ...
       1881 | ...              | ...
       1883 | ...              | ...
       1884 | ...              | ...
       1886 | ...              | ...
       1888 | ...              | ...
       1889 | ...              | ...
       1890 | ...              | ...
       1891 | ...              | ...
       1892 | 12-1/5           | 13-1/5
       1893 | 11               | ...
       1894 | 12-1/5           | 12-4/5
       1895 | 12-4/5           | 13-3/5
       1896 | 11-2/5           | 12-4/5
       1897 | 12-1/2           | 13-3/5
  Holder of | Collard,         | Pawson,
    Record  |    11 sec.       |   12-4/5 sec.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

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