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{{Short description|Ship used to train seafarers}}
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[[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 [[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 [[Hulk (ship type)|hulks]] used to house classrooms. As with [[receiving ship]]s or [[accommodation ship]]s, 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 [[stone frigate]]s, most "Training Ships" of the British [[Sea Cadets (United Kingdom)|Sea Cadet Corps]], by example, are shore facilities (although the corps has floating Training Ships also, including [[TS Royalist (2014)|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|date=June 2023}}

==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 [[Wellesley Nautical School|TS ''Wellesley'']] from 1873 to 1914).
* [[HMS Britannia|''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.
* ''[[HMS Wellesley (1815)|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.
* ''[[HMS Cornwall (1812)|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 (1994)#Career in Bangladesh|BNS ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin'']]
* {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''Brazilian Navy'''
** ''[[Cisne Branco]]''
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} '''Bulgarian Navy'''
** {{ship||Kaliakra|ship|2}}
* {{flagicon|Canada}} '''Royal Canadian Navy'''
** {{HMCS|Oriole||2}} (sail training)
** [[USS Burrfish|HMCS ''Grisle'']] 
* {{flagicon|Chile}} '''Chilean Navy'''
** {{ship|Chilean barquentine|Esmeralda||2}}
* {{flagicon|China}} '''Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy'''
**''[[Type 680 training ship|Qi Jiguang]]''
**''[[Type 679 training ship|Zheng He]]''
** [[Type 2630 training ship|''Brave the Wave''-class]]
** {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}}
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} '''Colombian Navy'''
** {{ARC|Gloria}}
* {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} '''Dominican Navy'''
** {{ship||Juan Bautista Cambiaso|ship|2}}
* {{flagicon|Ecuador}} '''Ecuadorian Navy'''
** ''[[BAE Guayas (BE-21)]]''
* {{flagicon|Finland}} '''Finnish Navy'''
** ''[[Suomen Joutsen]]''
** {{ship|Finnish minelayer|Pohjanmaa||2}}
* {{flagicon|France}} '''French Navy'''
** ''[[French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (1930)|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}}
** [[Dewantara-class corvette|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'''
** ''[[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 [[Rickmer Rickmers|NRP ''Sagres'']]
** The third {{NRP|Sagres|1937|6}}
* {{flagicon|Romania}} '''Romanian Navy''' 
** {{ship||Mircea|ship|2}}
* {{flagicon|Spain}} '''Spanish Navy'''
** [[Fernando Villaamil#Around the world aboard the Nautilus|''Nautilus'']] (1886 - 1925)
** ''[[Glenlee (ship)|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|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'''
** [[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}}
* ''[[Christian Radich]]'', [[Norway]]
* ''[[Herzogin Cecilie]]'', [[Germany]]
* {{ship||Belem|ship|2}}, [[France]]
* {{ship||Kruzenshtern|ship|2}}, [[Russia]]
* {{ship||Khersones|ship|2}}, [[Ukraine]]
* ''[[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
* ''[[USNS Twin Falls (T-AGM-11)|John W. Brown II]]'', USA
* ''[[Statsraad Lehmkuhl]]'', Norway
* {{ship||Danmark|ship, 1932|2}}, [[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''), [[Colonial India|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]]
* [[sixty-miler|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 [[Texas A&M University at Galveston]]
* [[Empire State VII|''TS Empire State VII'']] of the [[State University of New York Maritime College|SUNY Maritime College]]
* [[Golden Bear (ship)|''TS Golden Bear'']] of the [[California State University Maritime Academy]]
* ''[[TS Patriot State II]]'' of the [[Massachusetts Maritime Academy]]
* {{ship|TS|State of Maine}} of the [[Maine Maritime Academy]]
* [[USNS Persistent (T-AGOS-6)|TS ''State of Michigan'']] of the [[Great Lakes Maritime Academy]]
* [[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]]
* [[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.
* ''[[Christian Radich]]''
* ''[[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}}
* ''[[Lady Washington]]''
* ''[[Malcolm Miller (schooner)|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}}
* ''[[Stavros S Niarchos]]''
* {{ship|SV|Tenacious||2}}, barque launched in 2000.
* ''[[Tole Mour]]''
* {{ship|SSV|Tabor Boy}}

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

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Training ships}}

{{Warship types of the 19th & 20th centuries}}
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