Training Ship Mount Edgcumbe, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877. Boys aged 12-15, placed there by magistrates, were trained in seamanship, with many going on to join the naval services
Picture No
10418999
Media ID
47549540
Size
4575px x 2837px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard Pictorial Stationery Co., London
Date
circa 1909
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