Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Ganges (Boys' Training Establishment)"

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H.M.S. Ganges in 1906. Left to right: Ganges (ex-Minotaur), Caroline, Ganges II (ex-Agincourt).
Photograph: National Maritime Museum.

H.M.S. Ganges, also known as Shotley Training Establishment, was a boys' training establishment at Shotley, Harwich.

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Randolph F. O. Foote, 10 September, 1889^[1]
Commander William H. Nicholson, 12 January, 1904^[2]
Captain Ernest G. Barton, 28 January, 1907^[3] – 5 January, 1909^[4]
Captain Charles L. Vaughan-Lee, 5 January, 1909^[5] – 13 February, 1911^[6]
Captain Cecil S. Hickley, 13 February, 1911^[7] – 20 May, 1913^[8]
Rear-Admiral George C. Cayley, 20 May, 1913^[9]
Captain Francis M. Austin, 8 May, 1929^[10] – 11 May, 1931^[11]
Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones, 11 May, 1931^[12] – 23 February, 1933^[13] (and as Captain in Charge, Harwich)

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 <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ganges''" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of H.M.S. ''Ganges''}}
+{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|nick=Randolph F. O. Foote|appt=10 September, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 221}}}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Nicholson|nick=William H. Nicholson|appt=12 January, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 319}}}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Gillbe Barton|nick=Ernest G. Barton|appt=28 January, 1907<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 74.</ref>|end=5 January, 1909<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 74.</ref>}}