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Wellesley Nautical School
Wellesley Nautical School in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Wellesley Nautical School is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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The Wellesley Nautical School was a naval training school first located on the Tyne, and later removed to Blyth.
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Background
History
The Wellesley Nautical School was founded in 1868 by a group of philanthropic businessmen on Tyneside under the leadership of James Hall, 'to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs and train young men for service in both Royal and Merchant Navies.' The first accommodation was on board a Bombay built 74-gun third rate ship of the line HMS Cornwall, which had been launched as HMS Wellesley in 1815. This ship was repossessed and replaced circa 1874 by the hulked third rate, HMS Boscawen, moored on the Tyne at North Shields and also renamed T.S. Wellesley. By the early 1900s Wellesley was accepting boys from London, Manchester and Liverpool as well as from Tyneside and Yorkshire. A change occurred…
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- Coordinates
- 55.1200, -1.4960
- Address
- Northumberland, England, UK
- Established
- 1868
Sources
- wikidata: Q16903046 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wellesley Nautical School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wellesley Nautical School?
- Wellesley Nautical School is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.1200°, -1.4960°.
- When was Wellesley Nautical School built?
- Wellesley Nautical School dates to 1868.