- RNTE Shotley
RNTE Shotley, known in the Royal Navy as HMS "Ganges", was a naval training establishment at Shotley, near
Ipswich inSuffolk . Starting in 1905, it trained boys for naval service until it closed in 1976, following the raising of the school leaving age from 15 to 16. [ [http://www.hmsgangesmuseum.org.uk/history.htm HMS Ganges Museum] ] It had a mixed reputation in theRoyal Navy , both for its reputed harsh methods of training boys in order to turn out professionally able, self-reliant ratings and for the professionalism of its former trainees. It is particularly famous for its convert|143|ft|m|sing=on high mast which all boys under training were required to ascend, at least to the half-moon and for the mast manning ceremonies held whenever a dignitary visited the establishment.During the 1990's RNTE Shotley was used as a residential training centre for the civil police where new officers completed their basic training. Forces which used this centre were Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and South Wales police.fact|date=September 2008
External links
* [http://www.myshotley.com/ganges.html RNTE Shotley Pictures and information Summer 2007]
* [http://www.hmsgangesassoc.org/ HMS Ganges Association Web site]
* [http://www.derelicte.co.uk/hms-ganges Site photos taken in 2006]References
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