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On deck - Sobraon

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • average rule said:
    Thanks for sharing with our Group!
  • tormentor4555 said:
    Great pic thanks for sharing.
  • Highranger said:
    The Sobraon became the HMAS Tingira. I have one of your sailors. He must be AWOL perhaps? www.flickr.com/photos/highranger/7435874192/in/photostream In 1911 on the formation of the Royal Australian Navy the SOBRAON passed to Commonwealth control for use as a Boys Training Ship. In May of the same year, Commadander Charles L. Lewin, RN, was appointed as the first Carrnander of the ‘Training School. On 18th Novextber 1911 Navy Order No 81 promulgated information that SOBRAON would be renamed TINGIRA. Boys On Deck - Knot Tying Instruction and Practice TINGIRA comtmissioned in the Royal Australian Navy on 25th April 1912 and on 1st June the first batch of 37 boys recruited by New South Wales joined for training. These were followed by drafts from other States to complete the first intake of 100 boys. Entry was limited to boys between the ages of 14 and a half and 16 years. Recruits were bound to serve for seven years following their eighteenth birthday. Minimum height standards varied from 4 feet 10 inches at 14 and a half, to 5 feet 2 inches at 16 years, with chest measurenent 29 inches to 32 inches. The last draft of TINGIRA boys began their training in 1926 and in August that year recruiting of boys ceased. On 30th June 1921 TINGIRA paid off for disposal. In the fifteen years and one month of her RAN commission 2,941 boys were trained in her to take their place as sailors in the Fleet. Tingira remained moored at Garden Island or Rose Bay for her entire naval career.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Just posted by the ANMM -

Naval Officers and cadets on the N.S.S 'Sobraon'

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wonderful 1893 photo which immediately reminded me of this 1890 photo of H.M.S. 'Opal'. Spot the differences!
  • Bruno said:
    ...stunning!

Nautical School Ship - Sobraon

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

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  • jo.carpenter1 said:
    The house I currently live in is named after this ship as the original occupant did his training on board.
  • jricho50 said:
    My Grandfather John Ashley was committed to this Ship in 1899, at the age of ten. He was found by Police sleeping out at night and charged at Balmain.
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    jricho50 Thanks, jricho50, for adding this history. You might be interested in other Sobraon images on Photo Investigator. jo.carpenter1 jo.carpenter1 That is interesting to know how your house came to be named! AB
  • Purcell 1895 said:
    My grandfather (Wilfred Purcell) was committed to the Sobraon on 1 January 2010 at age 14 years, 9 months. His cousin (Roy Purcell) had been commited there 3 years earlier.
  • Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:
    Purcell 1895 Thanks, Purcell 1895, for sharing; you might be interested in some other images of the Sobraon in our image catalogue, Photo Investigator and some information on the records we hold. AB