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'''H.M.S. ''Boscawen''''' was the name given to a [[Royal Navy]] boys' training ship based at Portland.

As was common in such shore establishments, the ship acting as ''Boscawen'' rotated over time.  Wikipedia records the following ships hosting this facility:<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boscawen Wikipedia page].  The disagreement over 1904 and 1905 is noted.</ref>
* [[H.M.S. Trafalgar (1841)|H.M.S. ''Trafalgar'']] launched in 1841 was ''Boscawen'' from 1873 to 1906.  In June 1906 while lying at Portland, she was listed for sale at a July 10th Portsmouth auction of "Obsolete War Vessels and Other Craft" as "Lot 12".{{ToL|Sales By Auction|16 June 1906, p. 17}}
* [[H.M.S. Minotaur (1863)|H.M.S. ''Minotaur'']] launched in 1863 was ''Boscawen II'' from 1893 to 1904, and ''Boscawen'' from 1904 to 1905.
* [[H.M.S. Agincourt (1865)|H.M.S. ''Agincourt'']] launched in 1865 was ''Boscawen III'' from 1905 to 1906.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:

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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Markham|nick=Alfred Markham|appt=19 February, 1873{{NLJun75|p. 134}}|end=31 December, 1875|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Robert Hope|nick=George R. Hope|appt=6 January, 1876{{NLJul76|p. 134}}|end=|note=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George John Anstruther|nick=George J. Anstruther|appt=12 April, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 199}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Day H. Bosanquet|appt=10 July, 1881{{NLDec81|p. 198}}|end=30 June, 1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Algernon Charles Littleton|nick=The Hon. Algernon C. Littleton|appt=3 July, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 251}}|end=13 January, 1887}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anson Schomberg|nick=Anson Schomberg|appt=6 January, 1887{{NLFeb88|p. 243}}|end=31 December, 1889}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Anson Primrose|nick=George A. Primrose|appt=1 January, 1890{{NLMar92|p. 205}}|end=1892}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur William Edward Prothero|nick=Arthur W. E. Prothero|appt=7 September, 1892<ref>Prothero Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 13.</ref>|end=31 December, 1892<ref>Prothero Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerard Marmaduke Brooke|nick=Gerard M. Brooke|appt=1 January, 1893<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 7 January, 1893.  Issue '''33842''', col A, p. 7.</ref>{{NLApr94|p. 205}}|end=Jane, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Cecil Burney|appt=2 January, 1896<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 180.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram|nick=Thomas H. M. Jerram|appt=1 September, 1899<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 692.</ref>|end=13 March, 1902<ref>Jerram Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590219}} f. 407.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=14 March, 1902<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|end=25 February, 1904<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claud Arthur William Hamilton|nick=Claud A. W. Hamilton|appt=20 February, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 286}}|end=1 October, 1905}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Eaton Travers|nick=Francis E. Travers|appt=October, 1905{{INF}}|end=28 February, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=9 May, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 218}}<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>|end=12 July, 1936<ref>Cloete Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 181.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Powell|nick=James Powell|appt=21 July, 1936<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/115.|}} f. 117.</ref>|end=5 September, 1939<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge and King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=5 September, 1939<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|end=21 October, 1940<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge and King's Harbour Master, Portland}}
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