British naval training vessels from mid-19th century onward

[Louie da fly]

Just stumbled across this website - https://gcaptain.com/****-school-ships-uk/ - fascinating stuff.

 

Steven

Edited May 25, 2019 by Louie da fly

[wefalck]

A quick update to the site linked above: the former Flying-P-Liner PEKING was sold back to German owners two years ago, after rotting away at the South Street Harbour in New York. She was brought to Hamburg and now is being restored as a non-working museum ship - yesterday the first mast was errected again. She will be on permanent display in the new Harbour Museum of Hamburg.

[Louie da fly]

That's good news. 

 

Steven

 

[Torrens]

Surprised that there’s no mention of the Royal Navy sail training brigs (Martin, Seaflower, Pilot, etc, etc).

 

As for the four-masted barque Peking, the ongoing restoration in Hamburg is being detailed on Facebook and you can sign up for updates via the Peking website, albeit in German. Of note is the fact that many large Hamburg-based corporations, including the city itself, have ensured that this restoration has the necessary resources. This is evidenced by the fact that no other historic ship has been restored so quickly, with no compromise on quality.

[wefalck]

The new Hamburg Harbour Museum, which will host the PEKING, has been able to secure a multi-million Euro grant from the Federal German Government that will be disbursed over the years to come. This is quite remarkable, as public funding for the preservation of the German maritime heritage has been notoriously scarce. It is important to remember that not only the restoration has to be paid for, but also the continuous upkeep.

 

One should note that a sister ship of the PEKING, the PASSAT, has been in preservation in Travemünde (Germany) since 1957. She was 'grounded' after the desaster of their sister PAMIR in the Atlantic Ocean, which brought the era of merchant sail training ships to an end in Germany. A colleague of mine has been visiting her recently: https://www.arbeitskreis-historischer-schiffbau.de/mitglieder/ontour/viermastbark-passat/

 

 

Incidentally the Prussian Navy bought two RN training brigs, HMS MUSQUITO (1851) and HMS ROVER (1853) in 1862 and used them under their old names as cadet training brigs. In 1871 they became part of the Imperial Germany Navy and stayed in service until 1891.

SMS MUSQUITO