The sad death-roll included the two sub-lieutenants and eight men from the second cutter and one man from the first cutter, both boats being lost. Mr. Ellis had been specially promoted to boatswain for his coolness and courage when the ill-fated _Captain_ went down, he being one of the few who got on shore in the launch, steering the boat with great skill in a heavy sea. It is remarkable that at this period there were two sea-going training ships for naval cadets, the _Trafalgar_--the same vessel which escorted the _Britannia_ on her voyage to Portland in 1862--having been commissioned in August, 1870, by Captain Thomas B. Lethbridge for this purpose. She did not, however, make such long voyages as the _Ariadne_, and her headquarters were at Portland. This vessel was only kept going a short two years, for in June, 1872, she was paid off, thus foreshadowing the subsequent disappearance of her consort, a year later. The _Ariadne_, of which Captain the Hon. W. C. Carpenter was in command, with Commander Robert Woodward as his senior executive, was abolished in 1873. On January 6th of that year a new Admiralty circular was promulgated, containing some slight amendments in the regulations with regard to naval cadets--among others, increasing the maximum age on entry from 13 to 13-1/2 years--and a brief clause cancelling the orders concerning a sea-going training-ship. The _Ariadne_ completed her cruise and was paid off in the summer. It is not easy to account for this apparent caprice on the part of the authorities; it was not until considerably over twenty years afterwards that sail instruction was finally abolished in the _Britannia_, and many rigged vessels were in commission long after 1873. There was a whisper at the time--to be accepted, perhaps, _cum grano salis_--that a certain "sea lord," whose son had failed to negotiate his final examination as cadet, had formed the opinion, on these somewhat slender premisses, that the ship was "no good," and that he was mainly instrumental in bringing about the change. This may be a fabrication, but, on the other hand, it may be perfectly true; for it is quite certain that stranger things than this have come to pass in the "Navy trade," and at later dates than the 'seventies. Mr. Inskip was succeeded as Chief Naval Instructor by Mr. Kempster Knapp, who, however, did not hold the post very long, ill-health compelling him to resign in 1875, and the appointment of his successor, in April of that year, caused no small commotion among naval instructors in the _Britannia_ and elsewhere.