H.M.S. Boscawen (Boys' Training Ship)

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

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Commander Anson Schomberg, 6 January, 1887^[1]
Commander George A. Primrose, 1 January, 1890^[2]
Commander Arthur W. E. Prothero, 7 September, 1892^[3] – 31 December, 1892^[4]
Commander Gerard M. Brooke, 1 January, 1893^[5]^[6]
Captain Cecil Burney, 2 January, 1896^[7]
Captain Thomas H. M. Jerram, 1 September, 1899^[8] – 13 March, 1902^[9]
Captain Lionel G. Tufnell, 14 March, 1902^[10] – 25 February, 1904^[11]
Captain Claud A. W. Hamilton, 20 February, 1904^[12]
Captain Edward B. Cloete, 9 May, 1935^[13] – 12 July, 1936^[14]
Captain Colin S. Thomson, 5 September, 1939^[15] – 21 October, 1940^[16] (and as Captain in Charge and King's Harbour Master, Portland)

At some point, Francis Eaton Travers held this command.

↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 243.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 205.
↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 13.
↑ Prothero Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 13.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 7 January, 1893. Issue 33842, col A, p. 7.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 205.
↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 407.
↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 286.
↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
↑ Cloete Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 181.
↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.