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Training Ship Collection

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport

The sailor lads of the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport, Devon, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 21st August 1896

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion

A marching out battalion parade on board the training ship HMS Lion, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August 1896

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: On U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

On U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
On U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Shows sailors dancing on the U.S.S. Recruit, a fake battleship built in Union Square, New York City by the Navy to recruit seamen and sell Liberty Bonds

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Junior Naval Scouts, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Junior Naval Scouts, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scouts, 1917. Shows members of the Junior Naval Scouts aboard the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Geoffrey O'Hara, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Geoffrey O'Hara, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Geoffrey O'Hara, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967) who was a Canadian American composer, singer and educator on the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Boy sailors on the USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Boy sailors on the USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boy sailors on the USS Newport, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Captain Adams addresses recruits, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S. naval officer who served as the commander of the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Colonel Guthrie on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Colonel Percy Albert Guthrie (1884-1948), leader of the 236th Canadian Infantry (the Maclean Highlanders), speaking on the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Captain Adams receiving 'Kilties' on U

Captain Adams receiving "Kilties" on U.S.S. Recruit, July 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) a U.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieut. McKinney, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. O. Harriman, Blaine Ewing, Lieutenant McKinney, 1917. Grace Carley Harriman, Blaine Ewing, and Lieutenant McKinney on the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scout on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. A Junior Naval recruit semaphore flag signalling on the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits on U.S.S. Recruit, 1917. Margaret Murray Crumpacker, Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary for Naval Recruiting, addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Reverend Herbert Shipman addressing recruits, 1917. Episcopal suffragen bishop and military chaplain Herbert Shipman (1869-1930), addressing Navy recruits under the guns of the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Officers of the U.S.S. Recruit, 1917 Creator: Bain News Service

Officers of the U.S.S. Recruit, 1917 Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. C.F. Pierce, Lt. W.P. Vickerman, Ass't Surg. J.J. Kaveny, Com. C. Adams, Lt. Com. T.N. Taylor, Lt. C. McKinney, Ass't P.M. Wells Hawkes, Ass't Surg R.H

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Rookies leave U.S.S. Recruit for Newport, 1917. Navy recruits disembarking from the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison on U.S.S. Recruit, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with sailors on board the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), digging a spade into the ground at a demonstration garden next to the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Christening party on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. A view from the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917 (date created or published later). Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963), with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Hugh [i.e. Hugo] Johnstone, 30 May 1917. Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929) (left), a U.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mabel Garrison, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with officer and sailors on board the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams

Capt. & Mrs. Mitchel, Jack Adams, May 31 1917 (date created or published later). Captain Charles Albert Adams (1846-1929), a U.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce

Mabel Garrison & Captain Pierce, 16 Jul 1917. Soprano opera singer Mabel Garrison Siemonn (1886-1963) with naval officer on board the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Junior Naval Scouts on U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Members of the Junior Naval Scouts aboard the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Mayor Mitchel boarding U.S.S. Recruit, 30 May 1917. New York Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) boarding the U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917 (date created or published later)

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq. between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S.S. Recruit, Union Sq. between c1915 and c1920. The "U.S.S

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Lt

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle, Wells Hawks, 28 Jul 1917

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Bald Eagle on U.S.S. Recruit, 28 Jul 1917

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: U.S.S. New Hampshire, reading the articles of war

U.S.S. New Hampshire, reading the articles of war, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: New York Naval Reserves at church service on U

New York Naval Reserves at church service on U.S.S. NewHampshire, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Remains of the Warspite training-ship at low tide, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Remains of the Warspite training-ship at low tide, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Remains of the Warspite training-ship at low tide, 1876

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Burning of the training-ship Goliath, 1876. Creator: H. E. Tozer

Burning of the training-ship Goliath, 1876. Creator: H. E. Tozer
Burning of the training-ship Goliath, 1876

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Visit of the Boys of the Clyde training-ship Cumberland to H

Visit of the Boys of the Clyde training-ship Cumberland to H.M.S. Aurora, 1876. Engraving from a sketch by Captain Grier

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: U.S.S. Pensacola, junior officers, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Edward H Hart

U.S.S. Pensacola, junior officers, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Edward H Hart
U.S.S. Pensacola, junior officers, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: U.S.S. New Hampshire at Coasters Harbor, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. New Hampshire at Coasters Harbor, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. New Hampshire at Coasters Harbor, between 1890 and 1901

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Life on board the Training Ship 'Mercury'

Life on board the Training Ship "Mercury", 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: The lads of the training ship HMS Impregnable, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett

The lads of the training ship HMS Impregnable, 1896. Artist: WM Crockett
The lads of the training ship HMS Impregnable, 1896. HMS Impregnable was a second-rate ship of the line that became a training ship at Devonport in 1862

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: A Training Ship for Fifty-Two Years, the Joseph Conrad is now registered as a yacht, 1937

A Training Ship for Fifty-Two Years, the Joseph Conrad is now registered as a yacht, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Rifle Drill, c1900, (1910)

Rifle Drill, c1900, (1910). Rifle drill on board the training ship Exmouth. The Exmouth was Captained by W. S. Bourchier. From The Strand Magazine. [George Newnes Ltd. London, 1910]

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Captain Bourchier, his Daughter, and Grand-Daughter, c1900, (1910)

Captain Bourchier, his Daughter, and Grand-Daughter, c1900, (1910)
WS Bourchier, his Daughter, and Grand-Daughter, c1900, (1910). The Captain of the training ship Exmouth with his Daughter, and Grand-Daughter. From The Strand Magazine. [George Newnes Ltd

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: London, Thames Embankment - Showing the Naval Volunteer Training Ship

London, Thames Embankment - Showing the Naval Volunteer Training Ship, H.M.S. Buzzard, 1907. HMS Buzzard launched at Sheerness Dockyard on 10 May 1887

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable

Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon, 1896. HMS Impregnable was a second-rate ship of the line that became a training ship at Devonport in 1862

Background imageTraining Ship Collection: The training ship HMS St Vincent at Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Symonds & Co

The training ship HMS St Vincent at Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Symonds & Co
The training ship HMS St Vincent at Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Launched in 1815, she was one of three sister 120 gun first-rates, the Nelson, the Howe and the St Vincent


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