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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

Academy, The Royal Naval:
      Letters from Admiralty to Navy Board, 6, 7;
      delay and alterations in building, 8;
      course of study, 8;
      instructional staff, 9;
      governor, 9;
      expenses for furniture, 10;
      uniform introduced, 10;
      expenses of scholars, 10;
      new regulations, 10;
      reports of head master and governor, 11;
      final certificate, 11;
      Captain Broke's work book, 12;
      prejudice against scholars, 14

    Admiralty committees:
      Of 1874, 94;
      drastic changes, 94;
      competition detrimental, 94;
      good physique of cadets, 96;
      a college on shore recommended, 96;
      an academic view, 96;
      Captain Foley's improvements, 97;
      cadets as witnesses, 97;
      the captain as schoolmaster, 98;
      Admiral Ryder's evidence, 98;
      Dr. Woolley's evidence, 99;
      report presented, 100;
      test examination, 100;
      Latin _v._ French, 100;
      of 1885, 137;
      points for consideration, 138;
      heads of report, 138;
      suggestions, 138;
      recommendations, 141;
      result _nil_, 141

    Admiralty nominations, 3;
      King's letter the forerunner of, 3;
      abolition of suggested, 138

    Age regulation, absence of, 3;
      changes in, 18, 25, 33, 80, 91, 120, 167

    Aldous, Rev. J. C. P., 93, 239

    Alfred, Prince, 49

    Ambulance lessons, 136

    _Ariadne_, sea-going training ship, supersedes _Bristol_, 88;
      boat disaster, 91;
      paid off, 93

    _Arrow_ schooner, 161

    Assault at arms, 197, 220

    _Aurora_, sea-going training ship, commissioned, 234;
      her cruise, 235


    Bass, Mr. M. T., M.P., 75

    Bathing, 152

    Beagles, institution of, 103;
      prosperity of, 132;
      prizes for whips, 197;
      editor's advice on, 212;
      presentation of new hounds, 220;
      start a fox, 220

    Bedford, Captain F. G. D., 141, 142

    Billiards, 231

    Black Hole, The, 25, 29

    Bounds a source of trouble, 87

    Bowden-Smith, Captain N., 137, 142

    Bowles, Mr. T. G., M.P., 147

    Boxing, 219, 220

    Breakfast, A good, 151

    _Britannia_:
      Her story commences, 39;
      selected to supersede _Illustrious_, 50;
      former ships of the name, 51;
      cadets turned over to her, 52;
      in the 'sixties, 53-81;
      early arrangements on board, 53;
      voyage to Portland, 60;
      voyage to Dartmouth, 71;
      the fifth of the name, 80;
      in the 'seventies, 82-117;
      in the 'eighties, 118-143;
      in the 'nineties, 144-187;
      unaccountable jealousy of, 181;
      games, 190-229;
      latest arrangements on board, 230;
      cost of, 238;
      conclusion and summing up, 240

    _Bristol_, sea-going training ship, 78

    Broke, Captain Philip B. V.:
      His work book, 12;
      _Shannon_ and _Chesapeake_, 12, 14;
      Inman's hints to, 22

    Brunel, Mr. P., 238

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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

Academy, The Royal Naval:
      Letters from Admiralty to Navy Board, 6, 7;
      delay and alterations in building, 8;
      course of study, 8;
      instructional staff, 9;
      governor, 9;
      expenses for furniture, 10;
      uniform introduced, 10;
      expenses of scholars, 10;
      new regulations, 10;
      reports of head master and governor, 11;
      final certificate, 11;
      Captain Broke's work book, 12;
      prejudice against scholars, 14

    Admiralty committees:
      Of 1874, 94;
      drastic changes, 94;
      competition detrimental, 94;
      good physique of cadets, 96;
      a college on shore recommended, 96;
      an academic view, 96;
      Captain Foley's improvements, 97;
      cadets as witnesses, 97;
      the captain as schoolmaster, 98;
      Admiral Ryder's evidence, 98;
      Dr. Woolley's evidence, 99;
      report presented, 100;
      test examination, 100;
      Latin _v._ French, 100;
      of 1885, 137;
      points for consideration, 138;
      heads of report, 138;
      suggestions, 138;
      recommendations, 141;
      result _nil_, 141

    Admiralty nominations, 3;
      King's letter the forerunner of, 3;
      abolition of suggested, 138

    Age regulation, absence of, 3;
      changes in, 18, 25, 33, 80, 91, 120, 167

    Aldous, Rev. J. C. P., 93, 239

    Alfred, Prince, 49

    Ambulance lessons, 136

    _Ariadne_, sea-going training ship, supersedes _Bristol_, 88;
      boat disaster, 91;
      paid off, 93

    _Arrow_ schooner, 161

    Assault at arms, 197, 220

    _Aurora_, sea-going training ship, commissioned, 234;
      her cruise, 235


    Bass, Mr. M. T., M.P., 75

    Bathing, 152

    Beagles, institution of, 103;
      prosperity of, 132;
      prizes for whips, 197;
      editor's advice on, 212;
      presentation of new hounds, 220;
      start a fox, 220

    Bedford, Captain F. G. D., 141, 142

    Billiards, 231

    Black Hole, The, 25, 29

    Bounds a source of trouble, 87

    Bowden-Smith, Captain N., 137, 142

    Bowles, Mr. T. G., M.P., 147

    Boxing, 219, 220

    Breakfast, A good, 151

    _Britannia_:
      Her story commences, 39;
      selected to supersede _Illustrious_, 50;
      former ships of the name, 51;
      cadets turned over to her, 52;
      in the 'sixties, 53-81;
      early arrangements on board, 53;
      voyage to Portland, 60;
      voyage to Dartmouth, 71;
      the fifth of the name, 80;
      in the 'seventies, 82-117;
      in the 'eighties, 118-143;
      in the 'nineties, 144-187;
      unaccountable jealousy of, 181;
      games, 190-229;
      latest arrangements on board, 230;
      cost of, 238;
      conclusion and summing up, 240

    _Bristol_, sea-going training ship, 78

    Broke, Captain Philip B. V.:
      His work book, 12;
      _Shannon_ and _Chesapeake_, 12, 14;
      Inman's hints to, 22

    Brunel, Mr. P., 238

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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.

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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