![]() ![]() Highflyer was at the head of the squadron of six ships that took part in the Somaliland Campaign in various coastal capacities. In this role she retained 26 guns.Ī Drop of Nelson’s Blood - a sea shanty from the British Navyįrom November 1902 to March 1903 Captain Arthur Christian commanded Highflyer as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Drury. She was commissioned as a training ship in 1862, and specifically as a training ship for boys, moored permanently at Haslar from 1870. Subsequently she became a depot ship at Portsmouth. After a spell in ordinary at Portsmouth, from July to September 1854, during the Crimean War, she was used to transport French troops to the Baltic. ![]() From May 1847 until April 1849 she was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, commanding the Channel Fleet. Placed on harbour service at Portsmouth in 1841, she joined the Experimental Squadron in 1846. From 1831 until 1834 she served in the Mediterranean. After paying-off in April 1830 she was recommissioned the following month and was made flagship at Portsmouth Dockyard. Vincent was one of class of three, and the only one to see active service, though she was not put into commission until 1829, when she became the flagship of William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, under Northesk’s flag captain, Edward Hawker, at Plymouth Dockyard. When shore establishments began to become more common it was necessary to allocate the title of the establishment to an actual vessel which became the nominal depot ship for the men allocated to the establishment and thus ensured they were subject to the provisions of the Act. Under section 67 of the Naval Discipline Act 1866, the provisions of the act only applied to officers and men of the Royal Navy borne on the books of a warship. By World War I there were about 25 “stone frigates” in the United Kingdom. The gunnery school continued to be named HMS Excellent after its move ashore to Whale Island in 1891. An early “stone frigate” was the engineering training college HMS Marlborough, moved ashore to Portsmouth in 1880. My Great Grandfather was witness to much of what is described in the early part of this video.Īs ships began to use increasingly complex technology during the late 19th century, training facilities became too large to continue to be used while afloat and were moved to shore establishments while keeping their names. In the decade before the First World War much happened in the British Navy. ![]()
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