After eight months training Boys were made to First Class, which meant an increase in pay as well as being allowed to visit Anthony. When at Trevol sports field the First Class Boys were allowed to walk to Anthony, a village 3 miles from Torpoint, Cornwall, where the playing fields were situated. As time went one was sorted into what one was best at. This was also part of our instruction as had to row ashore in cutters and pinnaces.Īt the Sports field we had to take part in many sports. On Wednesday afternoons, Saturday and Sundays we went to Trevol playing field for sports. There was also physical instruction for a half-hour each day in addition to each class on hour twice a week. ![]() Then followed five days a week of instruction in seamanship, gunnery, and how to clean ship. I had to get used to sleeping in a hammock, naval ways and the parts of the ship. The day after I joined and during the following 3 days we were put into classes, kitted-out and shown around. The Captains and the Officers quarters were on the POWERFUL. All the ammunition we used at that time was imitations of real size. POWERFUL was where the gunnery training took place and the 6" and 4" guns were still in place. The establishment was moored in the harbour off Torpoint, on the Cornwall side of the harbour and near the playing field and rifle range where we practised rifle firing. A few were classified as physically unfit or medically unfit and several could not, or did not want, to pass. There were a few Boys who did not get through. CAROLINA, which had been converted to contain a swimming pool for Boys who could not swim, of which I was one - but soon learned to! Navy life was an experience, and one that was rough at first, but by the end was able to enjoy the training. He had been awarded the VC for his fight against the German U-boats. He was of interest because of his exploits of during the First World War. BLACK PRINCE which had been converted to living quarters, physical education, seamanship and general education rooms.Ĭaptain Gordon Campbell VC was the Captain of H.M.S. ![]() IMPREGNABLE, my training establishment consisted of the old pre First World War warships H.M.S. IMPREGNABLE at Plymouth, where I was given accommodation and food as it was 8pm when I arrived. I joined the Navy on at Southampton and was passed educationally and physically.
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