Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex

Ship's company on the TS Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex. In 1903, the original vessel became unsafe and was replaced by an identical ship made of iron and steel. Boys aged 12-15, most coming from London workhouses, were trained in seamanship, with many going on to join the naval services

Asylums Exmouth Grays Identical Join Operated Replaced Seamanship Trained Unsafe

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