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'''H.M.S. ''Impregnable''''' was a training ship  situated in Devonport.  She was launched in 1810 and converted to a training ship in 1862.  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Kent''''' in 1888 and '''H.M.S. ''Caledonia''''' in 1891.

It operated until 1929, and encompassed a number of changing hulk vessels.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:

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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francisco Saugro Tremlett|nick=Francisco S. Tremlett|appt=1 January, 1863{{NLApr63|p. 180}}|end=20 June, 1868|note=first appointed to the ship October 1858 as executive officer prior to it becoming a training ship}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gore Jones|nick=William Gore Jones|appt=20 June, 1868{{NLJul73|p. 160}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Coke Wilson|nick=John C. Wilson|appt=1 January, 1872{{NLJul73|p. 156}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Henry Edye|nick=William H. Edye|appt=1 January, 1875{{NLJul76|p. 153}}|end=1 January, 1878}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Dennis Hickley|nick=Henry D. Hickley|appt=1 January, 1878{{NLOct78|p. 218}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Bradshaw|nick=Richard Bradshaw|appt=26 January, 1880{{NLDec81|p. 218}}|end=26 January, 1883|note=and as Inspector of Boy's Training Ships}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Joseph Edward Maitland Wilson|nick=Joseph E. M. Wilson|appt=26 January, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 253}}|end=1 April, 1886|note=and as Inspector of Boy's Training Ships}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hilary Gustavus Andoe|nick=Hilary G. Andoe|appt=1 April, 1886{{NLMar92|p. 248}}|end=18 September, 1889}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hastings Harris|nick=Robert H. Harris|appt=18 September, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 229}}|end=|note=and as Inspecting Captain of Boy's Training Ships}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Wiseman, Ninth Baronet|nick=Sir William Wiseman, Bart.|appt=22 September, 1892|end=11 January, 1893|note=died of pneumonia}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Day H. Bosanquet|appt=1 April, 1893{{NLMar96|p. 233}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Pelham Aldrich|nick=Pelham Aldrich|appt=27 April, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 262}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Charles Burgoyne Bromley|nick=Arthur C. B. Bromley|appt=23 January, 1899{{NLJan01|p. 269}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Edwin Patey|nick=George E. Patey|appt=4 November, 1907{{NLOct08|p. 330}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Whitmore Savory|nick=Herbert W. Savory|appt=4 February, 1909<ref>Savory Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>{{NLJul09|p. 330}}|end=14 February, 1911<ref>Savory Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lindesay Cay|nick=Arthur L. Cay|appt=11 April, 1911{{NLApr11|p. 330}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Laurence Richard Oliphant|nick=Laurence R. Oliphant|appt=14 May, 1912|end=21 March, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=21 March, 1914<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|end=26 October, 1914<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Streatfeild|nick=Philip Streatfeild|appt=26 October, 1914<ref>Streatfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>|end=8 September, 1915<ref>Streatfeild Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/260.|D7602592}} ff. 285, 286.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Leslie Gresson|nick=Arthur L. Gresson|appt=8 September, 1915|end=10 February, 1916}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip James Stopford|nick=Philip J. Stopford|appt=10 February, 1916<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 395''i''}}|end=4 January, 1917<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|note=superseded by a Captain due to friction w/ executive officer}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Loftie|nick=John H. Loftie|appt=4 January, 1917<ref>Loftie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/516.|D7602787}} f. ?.</ref>|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Loftie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/516.|D7602787}} f. ?.</ref>|note=this entry puzzles me}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=4 July, 1917<ref>Fox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>|end=23 August, 1918<ref>Fox Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=3 February, 1919<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 235.</ref>|end=17 February, 1920<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gordon Campbell|nick=Gordon Campbell|appt=5 February, 1921<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 210.</ref>|end=22 August, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 210.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=22 August, 1922<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|end=25 August, 1924<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas John Spence Lyne|nick=Thomas J. S. Lyne|appt=22 August, 1924|end=25 August, 1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|appt=25 August, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 247}}|end=30 June, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=30 June, 1927<ref>Ramsey Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=22 April, 1929<ref>Ramsey Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|succBy=School Closed}}
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The overlap between Loftie and Fox is noted.

==Second Incarnation==

From 1935 to 1948, a communications school under the same name was established at St. Budeaux, based in the former Steam Launch No. 209.  It operated under the following captains.

<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Captain of Communication Training Establishment H.M.S. ''Impregnable''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harry Wetherherd Sharpe|nick=Harry W. Sharpe|appt=3 August, 1936|end=14 September, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop|nick=Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop|appt=14 September, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 250}}|end=14 July, 1937}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morgan John Yeatman|nick=Morgan J. Yeatman|appt=14 July, 1937|end=30 May, 1939}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Casper Silas Balfour Swinley|nick=Casper S. B. Swinley|appt=19 May, 1939{{NavAppts|18 May 1939, p. 10}}|end=30 September, 1939}}
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==Footnotes==
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