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	Sailing ship -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		A sailing ship is a (Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure) wind-powered (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship.
		Ocean journeys by sailing ship can take many months, and a common hazard is becoming becalmed because of lack of wind, or being blown off course by severe (A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening) storms.
		The sailing ship was generally replaced by the (A ship powered by one or more steam engines) steamship during the 19th century.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sailing_ship.htm (1127 words)

	Official site - Sail Training Ship MIR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The first master of the ship was Antonov V. Since 1989 the ship had belonged to the Baltic shipping company, until in 1991 she was returned to her former owner - the SMA.
		From the very beginning the ship was designed and built as a training ship intended for shipboard training of navigating cadets and taking part in tall ships' races.
		Though due to the disrepairs of her stern shaft bearing the ship was not able to race in the second leg of the regatta, she won four different prizes and fourth place on finishing line among the A class ships.
	www.tallshipmir.ru /history.html (751 words)

	Houghton Mifflin Electronic Publishing - Ships Of The World by Lincoln P. Paine
		Each ship is described in a vivid short essay that captures its personality as well as its physical characteristics, construction and history from the drawing board to the scrap yard or museum.
		She forced both ships to strike and both ships were taken as prizes, though Levant was recaptured by a British squadron on March 11.
		Rebuilt in the 1870s, she sailed again as a training ship until 1881, after which she was used as a receiving ship in New Hampshire.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /epub/ships.shtml (1370 words)

	flag of Training Ship Ensigns, United Kingdom flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The ship was renamed Arethusa and a new warrant issued on 18 July 1933 for the same ensign to be flown on the replacement ship.
		It was the ship's ensign until 1974, and is still used at formal ceremonies of the Old Boys' Association, "and sadly at funerals of shipmates that have passed away".
		Training Ship Mercury (not to be confused with HMS Mercury, the Royal Navy Signal School) was established as a nautical school by the banker Charles Hoare in 1885.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/gb~bts.html (2521 words)

	Training Ships
		The original Training Ship Indefatigable was established in 1865 on a ship loaned by the Admiralty and moored on the River Mersey at New Ferry, Birkenhead.
		Mr James Bibby contributed £5,000 to transform her from a fighting ship into a training ship, and this was to be the start of a long association between the Bibby family and the school.
		In addition to cutters and yawls and a hospital ship, the 45-acre shore establishment included a church, gymnasium, swimming baths, etc. The training given was primarily for sea-service, and 90 percent of the boys gained the higher ratings in the Royal Navy.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/trainingships/trainingships.shtml (5651 words)

	The Mars Training Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The "Mars" was built in 1840 and was engaged in the Crimean Warand afterwardson the Mediteranean Station.
		A fine specimen of the older type of British battleship, the "Mars" was moored in the Tay on the 17th of August, 1869, for the purpose of being used as a training-ship for boys without suitable homes, or beyond the control of parents.
		During the year the ships brig, the "Francis Molison", used to cruise round the coast with a compliment of 70 or 80 boys until it was sold in 1919.
	www.dundeecity.gov.uk /centlib/photopolis/mars.htm (144 words)

	The Training Ship DANMARK
		The training ship 'DANMARK' was constructed at Nakskov Shipyard in 1933.
		The training that you receive on board has been organised so that it meets the requirements for the first semester of the training as a ship's officer and corresponds to the basic course for deckhands.
		When the training ship calls at foreign ports, it functions as an ambassador for Denmark.
	soefart.inforce.dk /sw232.asp (296 words)

	Ship Safe Training Group Ltd
		Shipping provides a huge and essential contribution to the world economy with around 50,000 merchant ships trading internationally and manned by over a million seafarers of virtually every nationality.
		Modern ships provide the opportunity for learning how to use state-of-the-art highly sophisticated technology, and all training qualifications are recognised throughout the world.
		The Ship Safe Training Group also promotes and provides member companies with training management for seafarers seeking to further their careers by achieving higher qualifications.
	www.sstg.org (490 words)

	Training ships U.S. Maritime Service
		The training program now includes a two to four weeks cruise for each seaman-in-training on one of the seven steamships and three sailing vessels operated by the Maritime Service is training ships.
		She was the first ship to be commissioned exclusively for the purpose of training men for active duty on merchant vessels of the United States.
		The Mariner is the only one of six steamships operating as training ships that was designed and built solely for training purposes; she has the most modern fittings and equipment of all six.
	www.usmm.net /trainingship.html (1018 words)

	CSUMB Study at Sea
		The Training Ship is owned by the Federal Government and is provided to the State of California (CSU) for the purpose of training students for careers on merchant ships.
		The Training Ship GOLDEN BEAR was born in 1989 and constructed with U.S. Navy funds to be a deep ocean survey vessel.
		The fourth training ship GOLDEN BEAR was thus acquired by CMA and is now certified as a "Nautical School Ship.” She is subject to the construction, equipment and manning levels of those particular federal regulations.
	atsea.csumb.edu /tsgb.htm (711 words)

	The Training Ship "ESMERALDA" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In 1865, under the command of Captain Juan Williams, this ship defended the sovereignty of the rising Republic of Peru, capturing with brinkmanship and courage the corvette “Covadonga”.
		During these past 46 years, this ship has called at more than 300 ports, and is recognized by her outstanding participation as training ship and floating embassy, receiving on her deck the friendly visit of the most highest Head of States, diplomats, military chiefs, the media, and public in general.
		The training of the future seamen on board the Training Ship “Esmeralda” is invaluable.
	www.caphorniers.cl /esmeralda/esmeraldaING.htm (531 words)

	Pilot Training and Ship Handling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Government is in the process of establishing a formal qualification for all ship Pilots.
		Ship Handling training courses can be developed and tailored to an individual company's specific requirements.
		In general the training is intended for deck officers who are routinely required to manoeuvre and handle ships but it is also excellent training for deck officers with limited "hands on" experience or officers that are converting to vessels with sophisticated or unusual manoeuvring systems.
	www.lairdside-maritime.com /pilot_training_ship_handling.htm (151 words)

	Maritime Industry Museum : TRAINING SHIP GALLERY
		She was assigned to the City of New York as a training ship to the newly formed New York Nautical School by the Secretary of the Navy by Act of Congress.
		After thirty-three years of service, the longest of all the training ships, she was retired.
		In 1959, she was transferred to the Maritime Administration, renamed Empire State IV and assigned as the newest training ship for the New York Maritime College.
	www.maritimeindustrymuseum.org /ships.htm (858 words)

	TRAINING SHIP CHANAKYA, NAVI MUMBAI
		The syllabus of the training is drawn with a view to give a broad based marine education with special emphasis on fundamentals of basic marine professional subjects and their application.
		Physical training is an essential part of the curriculum to keep the young persons fit for the tough and adventurous career at sea.
		Training is imparted by a very proficient faculty which includes some very experienced mariners, academicians, as well as the visiting faculty.
	www.dgshipping.com /dgship/final/allied_tri1tsc.htm (2375 words)

	Travels with the Tall Ship Rose
		Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the Rose operated as a sail training vessel from 1985 to 2001.
		In 2003 the ship appeared as the HMS Surprise in the 20th Century fox film Master and Commander: Far Side of the World starring Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Weir.
		Now renamed Surprise in honor of her role in the film, the ship is open to the public daily as a dockside attraction at the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
	www.tallshiprose.org (284 words)

	Training Ship EBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		It is a hermaphrodite brig, that is a sailing ship with two masts: foremast with square sails, and mainmast with fore-and-aft sails – mainsail and gaff-topsail.
		In 1952, she was purchased by the Italian Navy, converted into a training ship for helmsmen, and christened Ebe.
		In 1958, she was replaced by the training ship, Palinuro, and laid out in the port of La Spezia.
	www.museoscienza.org /english/navi/navescuola.html (285 words)

	TRAINING SHIP ORP "ISKRA"
		Sailing vessel ORP Iskra - one of a few Polish Navy's training ships - is famous for a special achievement; she has, as the first of warships and the fourth of Polish sailing vessels, circumnavigated the globe (1995/96).
		She has taken the name and traditions from the sailing ship which was in service of the Polish Navy for 50 years (from 1927 to 1977).
		During long service the ship has confirmed her worth in training of candidates for officers of Polish Navy.
	www.downtownsummerside.com /ISKRA.htm (296 words)

	The Italian Navy's Sail Training Ship visited SOIC
		The sail training ship tied up at the American Shed in Gothenburg's harbour, and was open to the public during the weekend.
		This Italian sail training ship is designed by marine engineer Francesco Rotundi, and the building process was finished in 1930 at the royal shipyard Castellammare di Stabia.
		The ship measures 101 meters from bowsprit to stern, and the width is 15.5 meters. The mainmast is 54 meters high, and total sail area is 2800sq.m.
	www.soic.se /5.93df2cfc0c7d0ea37fff2858.html (471 words)

	Training Ship San Giusto - August 28, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Marina Militare Italiana [Italian Navy] Training Ship SAN GUISTO is a very interesting and versatile ship, resembling as she does a miniature aircraft carrier.
		However, though primarily equipped as a training ship she can function as a Landing Platform Dock for amphibious forces.
		When used as a training ship she carries 266 trainees.
	www.merseyshipping.co.uk /photofeatures/services/navydays04/sang280804/sang280804.htm (209 words)

	HMS Volage, Training Ship
		All four training ships were fully masted, square-rigged vessels which belonged to the older class of masted steamship common in the Navy in the 1870s.
		The lads on board would learn to use the great guns which the Volage and all her fellow training ships had, these were the modern (1890s era) guns of the lighter types - 6 inch breech-loaders, quick-firers and torpedo tubes.
		The captain of a man-of-war was an absolute king on board his ship, a monarch of despotic power, and even so comparatively trivial an incident as his going ashore for his own pleasure in civilian attire, was in itself a semi-state ceremonial, the side being manned and everybody near standing at salute.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_volage.htm (771 words)

	Mars Training Ship, Dundee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In the river on the left can be seen the Mars Training Ship.
		This ship was established on the River Tay in 1869.
		Its purpose, the care and training in seamanship of disadvantaged, orphaned and criminal boys.
	www.dundeecity.gov.uk /photodb/wc2143.htm (140 words)

	T-AGS 39 Maury Class Oceanographic Survey Ship / Golden Bear Training Ship
		In September 1994, USNS Maury was transferred to the California Maritime Academy [CMA] by the Navy as a replacement training ship for The California Maritime Academy.
		The Training Ship Bear (TSGB) is Cal Maritime's fourth training ship and the third ship to hold the name the Golden Bear.
		The Calfiornia Maritime Academy's previous training ship, TS Golden Bear [II], was built in 1940 in Sparrows Point, MD. In August 1999 the Maritime Administration (MARAD) determined that the ARTSHIP Foundation (a nonprofit corporation) was qualified to accept the SS GOLDEN BEAR for use as a multi-cultural center for the arts.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/tags-39.htm (1048 words)

	Training Ship Sir Winston Churchill
		Having a permanent crew of five (a master, chief officer, bosun, engineer and cook) and a volunteer crew of navigator, purser, three watch officers and three watch leaders, she takes 39 trainees organised into three watches on up to 36 cruises a year covering some 30,000 miles.
		Having a length of 45.32 m, beam of 7.62m and a draught of 4.43m, she displaces almost 220 tons.
		The Sir Winston Churchill took Class B1 honours in the Tall Ships Race in her first year, as did the Malcolm Miller on her debut Tall Ships Race.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/march/first-looks/artesania_swc.htm (1062 words)

	Training
		The ship was then kept in reserve at Garden Island Western Australia, before being commissioned as a naval reserve ship training National Servicemen in 1951.
		During this time the ship sailed 27,503 miles and trained 380 national servicemen, 521 reserve ratings and 33 reserve officers.
		I can remember on one occasion returning to the ship and was found to be so radioactive that I had to remove all my clothing on the quarterdeck which was then burnt, while I was hosed down with a fire hose.
	www.hmasmildura.freeservers.com /training.htm (943 words)

	THE TRAINING SHIP DANMARK
		The ship is the property of the Kingdom of Denmark and has its home base there.
		The ship is capable of carrying 26 sails in a total of 1632 square-meters.
		The training programme includes subjekts as: Safety, Navigation, Seamenship, Watch Duties, Hygiene and English not to mention Team Work and Social Flexibility which are basic fundamentals to make the ship sail in a safe and efficient manner.
	www.fuldskruefrem.dk /eng.htm (489 words)

	The training ship Worcester. - - Port Cities
		Description: This is the second training vessel known as 'Worcester', serving from 1877 to 1939.
		She had originally been the 'Royal Sovereign' when work began on her in 1833, but she was not launched until 1860, after further name changes to 'Royal Frederick' and then 'Frederick William'.
		By this time, with the launch of the 'Warrior', warship technology had moved on, and the 'Frederick William' was not fit for service in battle, so the Admiralty were happy to loan her when the Board of the Thames Nautical College asked for a replacement for their original training vessel.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.6712/The-training-ship-Worcester.html (97 words)

	Captain of the Training Ship/Commandant of Cadets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Positions in this series are concerned with the administration of the training ship during the summer sea session of the Maritime College also serving as members of the academic staff or administration during the regular academic year.
		He is responsible to the U. Department of Commerce for the training ship on loan to this College.
		Administers the entire summer sea training program; is responsible for the safe operation and seaworthy condition of the training ship; oversees the safety and well- being of all personnel on the training ship.
	www.brockport.edu /~shra/jobspecs/3745600.htm (180 words)

	Ship revamp will cost $3.9 million
		The ship left Dec. 3 for a shipyard in Marinette, Wis., where workers will increase its cabin space, convert an intelligence-gathering room to a classroom, expand its sewage holding tank capacity and install a water treatment system.
		The 224-foot, former Cold War spy ship was valued at $27 million when received two years ago.
		Stupak said the size of the Great Lakes shipping industry and a high rate of job placement warrants the allocations from taxpayers.
	www.record-eagle.com /2004/dec/09ship.htm (377 words)

	Training Ship Canning - Homepage
		With the establishment of the Australian Navy Cadets the administration and operational command was vested in the Chief of Naval Staff and delegated to the Director of Reserves - Navy.
		Each unit at one time may need to liaise directly with the RAN and they liaise with the Cadet Liaison Officer who is their representative.
		As there is a requirement for cadets to participate in common training and activities the Navy is kind enough to provide the ANC with the facilities in which to do so.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/tscanning/ANCOrg.html (368 words)

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