A training ship is a
ship used to train students as
sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by
navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old
hulks used to house classrooms. As with
receiving ships or
accommodation ships, which were often hulked warships in the 19th Century, when used to bear on their books the shore personnel of a naval station (as under section 87 of the
Naval Discipline Act 1866 (
29 & 30 Vict. c. 109),[1] the provisions of the act only applied to officers and men of the Royal Navy borne on the books of a warship), that were generally replaced by shore facilities commissioned as
stone frigates, most "Training Ships" of the British
Sea Cadet Corps, by example, are shore facilities (although the corps has floating Training Ships also, including
TS Royalist).
The hands-on aspect provided by
sail training has also been used as a platform for everything from semesters at sea for undergraduate
oceanography and
biology students to character-building for youths.[citation needed]
The anime series Girls und Panzer makes use of an overblown application of the term "school ship" by introducing
carrier-type vessels supporting federal schools and accompanying living communities.
A training ship is a
ship used to train students as
sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by
navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old
hulks used to house classrooms. As with
receiving ships or
accommodation ships, which were often hulked warships in the 19th Century, when used to bear on their books the shore personnel of a naval station (as under section 87 of the
Naval Discipline Act 1866 (
29 & 30 Vict. c. 109),[1] the provisions of the act only applied to officers and men of the Royal Navy borne on the books of a warship), that were generally replaced by shore facilities commissioned as
stone frigates, most "Training Ships" of the British
Sea Cadet Corps, by example, are shore facilities (although the corps has floating Training Ships also, including
TS Royalist).
The hands-on aspect provided by
sail training has also been used as a platform for everything from semesters at sea for undergraduate
oceanography and
biology students to character-building for youths.[citation needed]
The anime series Girls und Panzer makes use of an overblown application of the term "school ship" by introducing
carrier-type vessels supporting federal schools and accompanying living communities.