HMS Ganges. Boys Training for the Royal Navy. By Lieutenant D. L. Summers

HMS Ganges - Boys Training for the Royal Navy by Instructor Lieutenant D. L. Summers.

Publisher: HMS Ganges, 1972, VERY SCARCE revised editon with a new chapter and updated information. Includes a handwritten letter from Padre (Evans ? ). Excellent hardback with jacket, minor compression to spine ends and edges. No inscriptions. Jacket is rubbed with some marks, and chipping and small closed tears at edges.

HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment. The Admiralty decided to set aside five old laid up hulks in different ports around the country, and use them as bases at which volunteers aged between 15 and 17 could spend a year being educated for future service in the navy. The plan called for an annual intake of 3,500 boys. 108 pages with photos.