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| − | '''H.M.S. ''Excellent''''', also known as | + | '''H.M.S. ''Excellent''''', also known as '''Portsmouth Gunnery School''' or '''Whale Island''' was the British [[Royal Navy]]'s premier gunnery training establishment for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
| − | [[File:H.M.S. Excellent Staff Officers, | + | [[File:H.M.S. Excellent Staff Officers, 1884.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Captain and Staff of ''Excellent'', 1884.]] |
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| + | [[File:H.M.S. Excellent Staff Officers, 1909.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Captain and Staff, 1909.]] | ||
[[File:William Wordsworth Fisher, Excellent.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Junior Staff Officer [[William Wordsworth Fisher|Fiisher]] observing drill on a gun.]] | [[File:William Wordsworth Fisher, Excellent.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Junior Staff Officer [[William Wordsworth Fisher|Fiisher]] observing drill on a gun.]] | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 13 April 2010
H.M.S. Excellent, also known as Portsmouth Gunnery School or Whale Island was the British Royal Navy's premier gunnery training establishment for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Junior Staff Officer Fiisher observing drill on a gun.
