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'''H.M.S. ''Ganges''''', also known as '''Shotley Training Establishment''', was a boys' training establishment at Shotley, Harwich.
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[[File:Shotley 1906 NMM P27497.jpg|thumb|right|450px|H.M.S. ''Ganges'' in 1906.  Left to right: ''Ganges'' (ex-''Minotaur''), ''Caroline'', ''Ganges II'' (ex-''Agincourt'').<br><small>Photograph: National Maritime Museum.</small>]]
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'''H.M.S. ''Ganges''''', also known as '''Shotley Training Establishment''', was a boys' training establishment at Shotley, Harwich.  At various times, the man commanding ''Ganges'' was also in command of the Training Establishment, but sometimes different men held these positions.  In general, a captain of ''Ganges'' might be lower in rank, and his name would appear below a horizontal line on the ''Navy List'' entry for ''Ganges''.
  
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==Captains==
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It was first established as a training centre in 1865.
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Dates of appointment given:
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*{{CommRN}} [[William Henry Nicholson|William H. Nicholson]], 12 January, 1904.<ref>''The Navy List, for November, 1905, Corrected to the 18th October, 1905''. p. 319.</ref>
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==In Command of Training Establishment==
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*{{CaptRN}} [[Ernest Gillbe Barton|Ernest G. Barton]], 28 January, 1907.<ref>Barton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 74.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee|Charles L. Vaughan-Lee]], 5 January, 1909.<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 441.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:officeTE otitle="In Command, Shotley Training Establishment" nat="UK">
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*Captain [[Cecil Spencer Hickley|Cecil S. Hickley]], 13 February, 1911.<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 330.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee|nick=Charles L. Vaughan-Lee|appt=5 January, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 320}}<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 441.</ref>|end=13 February, 1911<ref>Vaughan-Lee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[George Cuthbert Cayley|George C. Cayley]], 20 May, 1913.<ref>Cayley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 428.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Spencer Hickley|nick=Cecil S. Hickley|appt=13 February, 1911<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 330.</ref>|end=20 May, 1913<ref>Hickley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 330.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Cuthbert Cayley|nick=George C. Cayley|appt=20 May, 1913<ref>Cayley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 428.</ref>|end=31 March, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=1 March, 1919<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|end=1 March, 1921<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Wigram|nick=Ernest Wigram|appt=1 March, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 761}}|end=1 March, 1923|note=also Senior Naval Officer, [[Harwich]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robin Campsie Dalglish|nick=Robin C. Dalglish|appt=1 March, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 241}}|end=15 May, 1925|note=also Captain in Charge, Harwich}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=15 May, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 197}}|end=2 May, 1927|note=also Captain in Charge, Harwich}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Murray Austin|nick=Francis M. Austin|appt=8 May, 1929<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|end=11 May, 1931<ref>Austin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Everard John Hardman-Jones|nick=Everard J. Hardman-Jones|appt=11 May, 1931<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|end=23 February, 1933<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge, Harwich}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Hext Rogers|nick=Hugh H. Rogers|appt=23 February, 1933<ref>Rogers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/139.|}} f. 344.</ref>|end=23 August, 1935<ref>Rogers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/139.|}} f. 344.</ref>|note=and as Captain in Charge, Harwich}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Reid Corson|nick=Eric R. Corson|appt=26 August, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 237}}|end=28 November, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=28 November, 1939|end=22 May, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=21 May, 1940<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=25 April, 1944<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Geoffrey Arthur Robson|nick=William G. A. Robson|appt=April, 1948{{ToL|Changes in Naval Flag Titles|15 Oct. 1951, p. 6}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Duncan Codwise Hill|nick=Duncan C. Hill|appt=3 March, 1950{{NavAppts|13 Mar. 1950, p. 7}}|end=22 February, 1951{{NavAppts|5 Mar. 1951, p. 8}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeTE>
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==Captains of Ganges==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ganges''" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=15 July, 1879{{NLDec81|p. 213}}|end=31 December, 1881}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Heber Thornton|nick=Reginald H. Thornton|appt=6 January, 1883{{NLSep85|p. 253}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Randolph Frank Ollive Foote|nick=Randolph F. O. Foote|appt=10 September, 1889{{NLMar91|p. 221}}|end=c. July, 1891}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Rolleston Prickett|nick=John R. Prickett|appt=8 August, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 221}}<ref>Prickett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/292.|}}  f. 1060.</ref>|end=9 March, 1894<ref>Prickett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/292.|}}  f. 1060.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Swinburne Lowry|nick=Robert S. Lowry|appt=9 March, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 225}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Coke|nick=Charles H. Coke|appt=16 July, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 252}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Vernon Anson|nick=Walter V. Anson|appt=18 January, 1899{{NLJan01|p. 258}}|end=11 January, 1901{{NLJan01|p. 258}}{{NLMay03|p. 259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Joseph Ridgway Bridson|nick=Joseph R. Bridson|appt=11 January, 1901{{NLMay03|p. 259}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Henry Nicholson|nick=William H. Nicholson|appt=12 January, 1904{{NLJun06|p. 319}}|end=28 January, 1907}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Leslie Gresson|nick=Arthur L. Gresson|appt=15 August, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 798}}|end=7 March, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=15 May, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 242}}|end=|note=also Captain in Charge, [[Harwich]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=28 November, 1939|end=22 May, 1940|note=and in command of training establishment}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=21 May, 1940<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=25 April, 1944<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>|note=and in command of training establishment}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=25 April, 1944<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>|ass=5 May, 1944<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>|end=1 February, 1946<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 14:10, 25 April 2021

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. At various times, the man commanding Ganges was also in command of the Training Establishment, but sometimes different men held these positions. In general, a captain of Ganges might be lower in rank, and his name would appear below a horizontal line on the Navy List entry for Ganges.

It was first established as a training centre in 1865.

In Command of Training Establishment

Captains of Ganges

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 320.
  2. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  3. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  4. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
  5. ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
  6. ↑ Cayley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 428.
  7. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  8. ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 761.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 241.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 197.
  12. ↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  13. ↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
  14. ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  15. ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  16. ↑ Rogers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/139. f. 344.
  17. ↑ Rogers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/139. f. 344.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 237.
  19. ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  20. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  21. ↑ "Changes in Naval Flag Titles." The Times (London, England), 15 Oct. 1951, p. 6.
  22. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 Mar. 1950, p. 7.
  23. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 5 Mar. 1951, p. 8.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 213.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 253.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 221.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 221.
  28. ↑ Prickett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/292. f. 1060.
  29. ↑ Prickett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/292. f. 1060.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 225.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 252.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 258.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 258.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 259.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 259.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 319.
  37. ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 74.
  38. ↑ Barton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 74.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 798.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 242.
  41. ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  42. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  43. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  44. ↑ Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.

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