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{{Short description|Ship used to train seafarers}}
[[File:A port bow view of the Singapore training ship RSS PANGLIMA (P-68) underway.jpg|thumb|A port bow view of the [[Singapore]] training ship {{RSS|Panglima}}]]

A '''training ship''' is a ship used to train students as [[Engineering:Sailor|sailor]]s. 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 [[Engineering:Hulk (ship type)|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),<ref>{{cite web|title=The Naval Discipline Act, 1866 |url=http://www.pdavis.nl/NDA1866.htm}}</ref> 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 [[Engineering:Stone frigate|stone frigate]]s, most "Training Ships" of the British Sea Cadet Corps, by example, are shore facilities (although the corps has floating Training Ships also, including [[Engineering:TS Royalist (2014)|TS ''Royalist'']]).


==Notable training ships==

===Royal Navy===
[[File:Boatrace-Worcester-Conway.jpg|thumb|Painting of the first Mersey boat race between cadets of {{HMS|Conway|school ship|6}} (on the right) and London's {{HMS|Worcester}} on 11 June 1891. Also moored in line are reformatory ships ''Clarence'' (centre, furthest away) and ''Akbar'', and {{ship|TS|Indefatigable}}.<ref name="NML">{{cite web | title = First boat race on the Mersey between cadets of HMS Conway and HMS Worcester, 11 June 1891' by Charles W Wyllie (1859-1923) | url = https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/first-boat-race-mersey-between-cadets-of-hms-conway-and-hms-worcester-11-june-1891-charles-w-wyllie | website = National Museums Liverpool | date = 2023 | access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref>]]
* {{HMS|Arethusa|1849|3}} from 1874 to 1933.
* {{HMS|Boscawen||2}}, a series of training ships from 1860 to 1906 (the original {{HMS|Boscawen|1844}} went on to serve as TS ''Wellesley'' from 1873 to 1914).
* ''Britannia'', a series of two training ships from 1859 to 1905.
* {{HMS|Bristol|D23|3}}, a 1973 destroyer used for training from 1987 to 2020.
* {{HMS|Buzzard|1887|3}} from 1904 to 1921 (renamed ''President'' in 1911).
* {{HMS|Castor|1832|3}} from 1860 to 1902.
* {{HMS|Clio|1858|3}} from 1876 to c.1919.
* {{HMS|Conway||2}}, a series of three training ships from 1859 to 1956, and then a shore-based school.
* ''Cornwall'' (see also ''Wellesley'')
* {{HMS|Defiance|1861|3}} from 1884 to 1931.
* {{HMS|Duncan|F80|3}}, a 1955 frigate used for training from 1969 to 1985.
* {{HMS|Eastbourne|F73|3}}, a 1957 frigate used for training from 1971 to 1985.
* {{HMS|Excellent||2}}, a series of three gunnery training ships from 1830 to 1892 before moving ashore.
* {{HMS|Exmouth|1905|3}}, the Royal Navy's first specially commissioned training ship; renamed ''HMS Worcester'' after 1945.
* {{HMS|Foudroyant|1798|3}}, training ship for gunnery from 1862 to 1884, and for boys from 1891 to 1897. See also ''Trincomalee''.
* {{HMS|Ganges|1821|3}} from 1865 to 1905; continuing renamed ''Tenedos III'', ''Indus V'' and ''Impregnable III'' until 1923.
* {{HMS|Implacable|1805|2}}, formerly the French ''Duguay-Rouin'' (1800) renamed in 1805, from 1855 to c.1949.
* {{HMS|Impregnable||2}}, a series of training ships between 1862 and 1929
* {{ship|TS|Indefatigable}}, a series of two training ships from 1865 to 1941, including the former {{HMS|Phaeton|1883}}.
* {{HMS|Kent|D12|3}}, a 1963 destroyer used for training from 1980 to 1993.
* {{HMS|Lion|1847|3}} from 1871 to 1905.
* {{HMS|Mars|1848|3}} from 1869 to 1929.
* {{ship|TS|Mercury}}, a naval training establishment founded as a ship in 1885.
* ''Mount Edgecumbe'', formerly {{HMS|Winchester|1822}}, renamed ''Conway'' (1861–76), used from 1876 to 1920.
* {{HMS|Northampton|1876|3}} from 1894 to 1905.
* {{HMS|President|1829|3}} from 1862 to 1903.
* {{HMS|Southampton|1820|3}} from 1866 to 1912.
* {{HMS|Trincomalee||2}} (1817) from 1860 to 1903, continuing renamed TS ''Foudroyant'' until 1986.
* {{HMS|Warspite||2}}, a series of three training ships from 1862 to 1940.
* ''Wellesley'' (see also ''Cornwall'' and ''Boscawen'').
* {{HMS|Worcester||2}}, a series of three training ships from 1862 to 1968.
* {{HMS|St Vincent|1815|3}} from 1862 to 1905.

===Other navies===
[[File:Juan Sebastian de Elcano bandera combate.jpg|thumb|{{ship|Spanish training ship|Juan Sebastián de Elcano||2}} sailing with the [[battle ensign]] in 2013]]
[[File:BAP Unión (Callao).jpg|thumb|{{BAP|Unión}} at Callao, in 2017]]
[[File:Die Burg mit der präsenten Gorch Fock davor (Flensburg-Mürwik Juli 2015), Bild 04.JPG|thumb|The second {{ship|German training ship|Gorch Fock|1958|2}} in front of the [[Naval Academy Mürwik]] (''Red Castle'') in 2015]]
[[File:Americo Vespucio em Veneza.jpg|thumb|{{ship|Italian training ship|Amerigo Vespucci||2}} in Venice, 2006]]
[[File:TV 3508 - JDS Kashima BB 2.jpg|thumb|{{ship|JS|Kashima}} in Portsmouth, in 2008]]
* {{flagicon|Algeria}} '''Algerian Navy''' 
** ''El-Mellah''
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''Argentine Navy'''
** {{ship| ARA|Presidente Sarmiento}}
** {{ship| ARA|Libertad|Q-2|6}}
* {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} '''Bangladesh Navy'''
** BNS ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin''
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''Brazilian Navy'''
** ''[[Engineering:Cisne Branco|Cisne Branco]]''
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''Bulgarian Navy'''
** {{ship||Kaliakra|ship|2}}
* {{flagicon|Canada}} '''Royal Canadian Navy'''
** {{HMCS|Oriole||2}} (sail training)
** HMCS ''Grisle'' 
* {{flagicon|Chile}} '''Chilean Navy'''
** {{ship|Chilean barquentine|Esmeralda||2}}
* {{flagicon|China}} '''Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy'''
**''Qi Jiguang''
**''Zheng He''
** [[Engineering:Type 2630 training ship|''Brave the Wave''-class]]
** {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pickrell |first=Ryan |title=China wants to turn its training aircraft carrier into a combat ship — here's how it stacks up against US carriers |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/china-wants-to-turn-its-training-aircraft-carrier-into-a-combat-ship-2019-4 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} '''Colombian Navy'''
** {{ARC|Gloria}}
* {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} '''Dominican Navy'''
** {{ship||Juan Bautista Cambiaso|ship|2}}
* {{flagicon|Ecuador}} '''Ecuadorian Navy'''
** ''[[Engineering:BAE Guayas (BE-21)|BAE Guayas (BE-21)]]''
* {{flagicon|Finland}} '''Finnish Navy'''
** ''[[Engineering:Suomen Joutsen|Suomen Joutsen]]''
** {{ship|Finnish minelayer|Pohjanmaa||2}}
* {{flagicon|France}} '''French Navy'''
** ''Jeanne d'Arc'' 
* {{flagicon|Germany}} '''German Navy'''
** {{ship||Gorch Fock|1933|3}}, of the Kriegsmarine
** {{ship|German training ship|Gorch Fock|1958|3}}, of the Bundesmarine
* {{flagicon|India}} '''Indian Navy'''
** {{INS|Sudarshini|A77}}, sail training ship commissioned in 2012.
** {{INS|Tarangini|A75}}, sail training ship commissioned in 1997.
** {{INS|Tir|A86}}, cadet training ship commissioned in 1986.
** {{INS|Varuna}}, sail training ship commissioned in 1981.
* {{flagicon|Indonesia}} '''Indonesian Navy'''
** {{KRI|Dewaruci}}
** {{KRI|Arung Samudera}}
** {{KRI|Bima Suci}}
** KRI ''Ki Hajar Dewantara''
* {{flagicon|Ireland}} '''Irish Naval Service'''
**{{LÉ|Setanta|A15|6}}
* {{flagicon|Italy}} '''Italian Navy'''
** {{ship|Italian training ship|Amerigo Vespucci||2}}
** {{ship|Italian training ship|Palinuro||2}}
* {{flagicon|Japan}} '''Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force'''
** {{JS|Kashima}}
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} '''Mexican Navy'''
** {{ship|ARM|Cuauhtémoc|BE01|6}}
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} '''Royal Dutch Navy'''
** {{HNLMS|Van Kinsbergen|A902|6}}
** {{HNLMS|Urania|1928|6}}
* {{flagicon|New Zealand}} '''New Zealand Navy'''
** {{HMNZS|Philomel}}
* {{flagicon|Pakistan}} '''Pakistan Navy'''
** PNS ''Babur'', formerly {{HMS|Diadem (84)}}, bought in 1956 and used for training from 1961 to 1963.
** {{PNS|Rah Naward}}, formerly ''Prince William'' (2001), bought in 2010.
* {{flagicon|Peru}} '''Peruvian Navy'''
** {{BAP|Unión|BEV-161|6}}
* {{flagicon|Poland}} '''Polish Navy'''
** {{ORP|Iskra|1982|6}}
* {{flagicon|Portugal}} '''Portuguese Navy'''
** ''[[Engineering:Dom Fernando II e Glória|Dom Fernando II e Glória]]'', 1843 frigate used for artillery training from 1865 to 1940.
** ''Pedro Nunes'', formerly the British clipper {{ship||Thermopylae|clipper|2}} (1868), intended for training from 1896 but unused.
** The second [[Engineering:Rickmer Rickmers|NRP ''Sagres'']]
** The third {{NRP|Sagres|1937|6}}
* {{flagicon|Romania}} '''Romanian Navy''' 
** {{ship||Mircea|ship|2}}
* {{flagicon|Spain}} '''Spanish Navy'''
** ''Nautilus'' (1886 - 1925)
** ''Galatea'' (1925 - 1982)
** {{ship|Spanish training ship|Juan Sebastián de Elcano||2}} (1928–Present)
** ''{{interlanguage link|Intermares (A-41)|es}}'' (2018–Present)
* {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} '''Sri Lankan Navy'''
** {{ship|SLNS|Gajabahu}}
*{{flagicon|Sweden}} '''Sweden'''
** {{Sclass|Altair|training ship|1}}
* {{flagicon|United States}} '''United States Navy'''
** {{USS|Constitution}}, of the United States Navy
** {{USCGC|Eagle|WIX-327|6}}, of the United States Coast Guard
** {{USS|Sable|IX-81|6}}, of the United States Navy
** {{USS|Wolverine|IX-64|6}}, of the United States Navy
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} '''Uruguayan Navy'''
** {{ship||Capitán Miranda|schooner|2}}
* {{flagicon|Vietnam}} '''Vietnamese Navy'''
** [[Engineering:Vietnamese tall ship Le Quy Don|Le Quy Don]]
* {{flagicon|Venezuela}} '''Venezuelan Navy'''
** {{ship||Simón Bolívar|barque|2}}



===Merchant fleet===
[[File:SS John W Brown.jpg|thumb|''John W. Brown'']]
[[File:Sedov 2.JPG|thumb|''Sedov'']]
* {{MV|Cape Don||2}}
* ''[[Engineering:Christian Radich|Christian Radich]]'', [[Place:Norway|Norway]]
* ''[[Engineering:Herzogin Cecilie|Herzogin Cecilie]]'', Germany
* {{ship||Belem|ship|2}}, France
* {{ship||Kruzenshtern|ship|2}}, Russia
* {{ship||Khersones|ship|2}}, Ukraine
* ''[[Engineering:Queen of the Sea (ship)|Kraljica Mora]]'', Croatia
* {{ship||Pamir|ship|2}}, Germany, sunk 1957
* {{ship||Passat|ship|2}}, Germany
* {{ship|STS|Mir}}, Russia
* {{ship|STS|Sedov}}, Russia
* {{ship||Sørlandet|ship|2}}, Norway
* {{SS|John W. Brown||2}}, USA
* ''John W. Brown II'', USA
* ''[[Engineering:Statsraad Lehmkuhl|Statsraad Lehmkuhl]]'', Norway
* {{ship||Danmark|ship, 1932|2}}, [[Place:Denmark|Denmark]]
* TS ''Dolphin Leith'', United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dolphin Sea Training School – All At Sea |url= http://www.allatsea.cx/dolphin.html|access-date=2010-12-04 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163250/http://www.allatsea.cx/dolphin.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* TS ''Dufferin'' (IMMTS ''Dufferin''), British India
* TS ''Rajendra'', India
* TS {{ship|Training Ship|Chanakya||2}}, India
* {{ship|TS|Kapitan Felix Oca}} of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific
* {{ship|TV|Bluefin}} of the Australian Maritime College
* MV Stephen Brown Permanently Moored vessel of the Australian Maritime College

====United States Maritime Administration–owned training ships====
* ''TS Kennedy'' (transferred from Massachusetts) of the [[Organization:Texas A&M University at Galveston|Texas A&M University at Galveston]]
* ''TS Empire State VII'' of the [[Organization:State University of New York Maritime College|SUNY Maritime College]]
* ''TS Golden Bear'' of the [[Organization:California State University Maritime Academy|California State University Maritime Academy]]
* ''TS Patriot State II'' of the [[Organization:Massachusetts Maritime Academy|Massachusetts Maritime Academy]]
* {{ship|TS|State of Maine}} of the [[Organization:Maine Maritime Academy|Maine Maritime Academy]]
* TS ''State of Michigan'' of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy
* [[Engineering:MV Liberty Star|T/V ''Kings Pointer'']] of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
* {{ship|T/V|Liberator}} of the United States Merchant Marine Academy
* [[Engineering:MV Freedom Star|T/V ''Freedom Star'']] of the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education

===Other sail training vessels===
[[File:‚Californian‘ at San Diego Bay.jpg|thumb|''Californian'' in [[San Diego]], California]]
[[File:Sv_tenacious.jpg|thumb|{{ship|SV|Tenacious||2}} in 2010, largest wooden ship built in the UK for over 100 years.]]
* {{ship||Argo|yacht|2}}, schooner launched in 2006.
* {{ship|Tall Ship|Atyla||2}}, schooner launched in 1984.
* {{ship||STV Black Jack}}, brigantine launched in 1904.
* {{ship||Californian|schooner|2}}, launched in 1984.
* ''[[Engineering:Christian Radich|Christian Radich]]''
* ''[[Engineering:Dar Młodzieży|Dar Młodzieży]]''
* {{ship||Harvey Gamage|schooner|2}}, schooner launched in 1973.
* {{ship||Irving Johnson|ship|2}} and ''Exy Johnson'', twin brigantines launched in 2002.
* {{ship||Kaiwo Maru|1989|2}}
* {{ship||Kruzenshtern|ship|2}}
* ''[[Engineering:Lady Washington|Lady Washington]]''
* ''Malcolm Miller''
* {{ship||Nippon Maru|1984|2}}
* {{ship||Ocean Star|schooner|2}}, schooner launched in 1991.
* {{ship||Pacific Swift|ship|2}}
* {{ship||Peking}}, 1911 barque used as TS ''Arethusa II'' from 1932 to 1940 and then 1945 to 1975.
* {{ship||Pelican of London}}
* {{ship||Picton Castle|ship|2}}, former trawler (1928) converted to barque (1990s) for use 1997 onward.
* {{ship||Pilgrim|brig|2}}
* {{ship|TS|Royalist}}, a series of two ships launched in 1971 and 2014.
* {{ship||Sir Winston Churchill|schooner|2}}
* ''[[Engineering:Stavros S Niarchos|Stavros S Niarchos]]''
* {{ship|SV|Tenacious||2}}, barque launched in 2000.
* ''[[Engineering:Tole Mour|Tole Mour]]''
* {{ship|SSV|Tabor Boy}}

==In fiction==
* PRS ''James Randolph'', an interplanetary [[Engineering:Spacecraft|spacecraft]] parked in [[Astronomy:Earth|Earth]] orbit in [[Biography:Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'s novel, ''Space Cadet''.
* ''Betty Jeanne'', in the novel ''Fergus Crane'' by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.
*The anime series ''[[Software:Girls und Panzer|Girls und Panzer]]'' makes use of an overblown application of the term "school ship" by introducing [[Engineering:Aircraft carrier|carrier-type vessels]] supporting federal schools and accompanying living communities.

==See also==
* [[Engineering:Moored training ship|Moored training ship (MTS)]]
* [[Engineering:Stone frigate|Stone frigate]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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