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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.