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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

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                     |    FIRST TERM.     |   SECOND TERM.     |
  -------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------
        Subject.     |  Amount Required.  |  Amount Required.  |Marks.
  -------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------
  Construction.      |A Knowledge of the  |Names of all parts  |  35
                     | Different Rigs of  | of a Modern        |
                     | all British Sailing| Battleship. Keels, |
                     | Ships and Boats,   | Frames, Plating,   |
                     | and general        | Planking, Armour   |
                     | appearance.        | and Protection.    |
                     |Description of "Men | Subdivision and    |
                     | of War."           | Double Bottom.     |
                     |                    |                    |
  Bends and Hitches. |General Knowledge   |As taught. Long,    |  25
  Knots and Splices. | as taught.         | Short, and Eye.    |
  Stropping Blocks.  |                    |                    |
                     |                    |                    |
  Tackles.           |        ----        |        ----        |
                     |                    |                    |
  Rigging and Spars. |To know the names   |As in First Term,   |  15
                     | and parts of all   | and to name all    |
                     | Spars, Masts, and  | Running Rigging.   |
                     | Yards of Modern    |                    |
                     | Ships.             |                    |
                     |To point out and    |                    |
                     | name all Standing  |                    |
                     | Rigging.           |                    |
                     |                    |                    |
  Practical.         |Going aloft over    |As in First Term.   |
                     | Mast Head, and     |                    |
                     | laying in and out  |                    |
                     | on Yards.          |                    |
                     |                    |                    |
  Sails.             |        ----        |Names of Sails.     |   5
                     |                    |                    |
  Compass.           |To box in Points.   |To box in 1/4       |  15
                     |                    | Points.            |
                     |                    |                    |
  Signals.           |To describe Pendants|To describe         |  30
                     | and Numeral Flags. | Alphabetical Flags,|
                     |Foreign Ensigns.    | Numerals with      |
                     |Make and take in    | Meanings, Pendants |
                     | Semaphore.         | with Meanings.     |
                     |                    |Semaphore with      |  15

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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

-------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------
                     |    FIRST TERM.     |   SECOND TERM.     |
  -------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------
        Subject.     |  Amount Required.  |  Amount Required.  |Marks.
  -------------------+--------------------+--------------------+------
  Construction.      |A Knowledge of the  |Names of all parts  |  35
                     | Different Rigs of  | of a Modern        |
                     | all British Sailing| Battleship. Keels, |
                     | Ships and Boats,   | Frames, Plating,   |
                     | and general        | Planking, Armour   |
                     | appearance.        | and Protection.    |
                     |Description of "Men | Subdivision and    |
                     | of War."           | Double Bottom.     |
                     |                    |                    |
  Bends and Hitches. |General Knowledge   |As taught. Long,    |  25
  Knots and Splices. | as taught.         | Short, and Eye.    |
  Stropping Blocks.  |                    |                    |
                     |                    |                    |
  Tackles.           |        ----        |        ----        |
                     |                    |                    |
  Rigging and Spars. |To know the names   |As in First Term,   |  15
                     | and parts of all   | and to name all    |
                     | Spars, Masts, and  | Running Rigging.   |
                     | Yards of Modern    |                    |
                     | Ships.             |                    |
                     |To point out and    |                    |
                     | name all Standing  |                    |
                     | Rigging.           |                    |
                     |                    |                    |
  Practical.         |Going aloft over    |As in First Term.   |
                     | Mast Head, and     |                    |
                     | laying in and out  |                    |
                     | on Yards.          |                    |
                     |                    |                    |
  Sails.             |        ----        |Names of Sails.     |   5
                     |                    |                    |
  Compass.           |To box in Points.   |To box in 1/4       |  15
                     |                    | Points.            |
                     |                    |                    |
  Signals.           |To describe Pendants|To describe         |  30
                     | and Numeral Flags. | Alphabetical Flags,|
                     |Foreign Ensigns.    | Numerals with      |
                     |Make and take in    | Meanings, Pendants |
                     | Semaphore.         | with Meanings.     |
                     |                    |Semaphore with      |  15

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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