A training ship is a

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used to train students as

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

s. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms. The hands-on aspect provided by

sail training From its modern interpretations to its antecedents when maritime nations would send young naval officer candidates to sea (e.g., see Outward Bound), sail training provides an unconventional and effective way of building many useful skills on and ...

has also been used as a platform for everything from semesters at sea for undergraduate oceanography and biology students,

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and

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for high school students, to character building for at-risk youths.

Notable training ships

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Other navies

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'' * Bulgarian Navy ** * Royal Canadian Navy ** (sail training) ** HMCS ''Grisle'' * Chilean Navy ** * Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy **''

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'' ** ''Brave the Wave''-class ** * Colombian Navy ** * Dominican Navy ** * Finnish Navy ** ''

Suomen Joutsen ''SuomenJoutsen'' is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as ''Laënnec'', the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 ...

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* Indian Navy ** * Indonesian Navy ** ** ** ** KRI ''Ki Hajar Dewantara'' *Irish Naval Service ** * Italian Navy ** ** * Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ** * Mexican Navy ** * Royal Dutch Navy ** ** * New Zealand Navy ** * Peruvian Navy ** * Polish Navy ** * Portuguese Navy ** The second NRP ''Sagres'' ** The third * Romanian Navy ** * Spanish Navy ** ''Nautilus'' ** ''

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** , of the United States Navy * Uruguayan Navy ** * Venezuelan Navy **

Merchant fleet

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Christian Radich ''Christian Radich'' is a Norwegian full-rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Foundat ...

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Herzogin Cecilie ''Herzogin Cecilie'' was a German-built four-mast barque (windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886–1954), spouse of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1882–1951) (''Herzogin'' being German fo ...

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Statsraad Lehmkuhl ''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'' is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the ...

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* TS ''Dolphin Leith'', United Kingdom * TS ''Dufferin'' (IMMTS ''Dufferin''),

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* TS ''Rajendra'', India * TS , India * of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific

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owned training ships

* TS ''General Rudder'' of the

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* of the SUNY Maritime College * TS of the

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Massachusetts Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Mass Maritime) is a public university in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, focused on maritime-related fields. It was established in 1891 and is the second oldest state maritime academy in the United States. Originall ...

* of the Maine Maritime Academy * TS ''State of Michigan'' of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy * T/V ''Kings Pointer'' of the

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* T/V ''Freedom Star'' of the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education

Sail training vessels

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'' * '' Dar Młodzieży'' * * ''Exy Johnson'' * * * * '' Lady Washington'' * ''

Malcolm Miller The ''Malcolm Miller'' is a sistership of the three-mast schooner ''Sir Winston Churchill'' designed by Camper & Nicholsons. She was built by John Lewis & Sons in Aberdeen and first served as a Sail training ship before being converted into ...

'' * * * * * * * * * * '' Stavros S Niarchos'' * * * * '' Tole Mour'' * * *

In fiction

* PRS ''James Randolph'', an interplanetary

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parked in

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orbit in

Robert A. Heinlein Robert Anson Heinlein (; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accu ...

's novel, '' Space Cadet'' * ''Betty Jeanne'', in the novel '' Fergus Crane'' by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell *The anime series '' Girls und Panzer'' makes use of an overblown application of the term "school ship" by introducing carrier-type vessels supporting federal schools and accompanying living communities.

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