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England's Pride and Glory (detail), by Thomas Davidson, c. 1890

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England's Pride and Glory, by Thomas Davidson, 1894. A British naval cadet of about 1890 is shown looking at Lemuel Abbott's portrait of Horatio Nelson.

An analysis of the background and careers of the Trafalgar captains shows that they were as much like their contemporaries in the Navy List as Nelson implied. All had first gone to sea as boys in their early teens (some indeed, as young as eight or ten). On average they had become midshipmen by the age of fourteen, though Rotheram, who began in the Merchant service, and Prowse, who was promoted from the lower deck, did not reach this rank until their mid-twenties. In theory, no one could become a midshipman without two years of reckonable sea service over the age of thirteen (or eleven in the case of sons of sea officers) but, in practice, this rule was commonly disregarded. Promotion from midshipman to lieutenant was notionally dependant upon completing at least six years’ efficient seagoing service (including at least two as a midshipman or master’s mate), reaching a minimum age of twenty, passing a viva voce examination by a board of captains and, above all, selection to a vacant post in this rank.

— T.A. Heathcote, Nelson's Trafalgar Captains and Their Battles

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The Prince of Wales attends The Lord High Admiral's Divisions

Prince William during a visit to The Lord High Admiral's Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College on 14 December 2023 in Dartmouth, England.

His Royal Highness attended a training course at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 2008, following on from his father, His Majesty The King, and his grandfather, the late Duke of Edinburgh, who both passed through the college.

📸: Chris Jackson - WPA Pool / Getty Images

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Bayonet drill on the deck of the NSS (Nautical School Ship) Sobraon. NSW State Archives.

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Jacksonville Florida Aviation Cadets US Naval Station insignia, 1941

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TS Royalist: The Pride of the Sea Cadet Corps – History and Construction

ntroduction The TS Royalist is a renowned sail training ship of the Sea Cadet Corps, providing young cadets with invaluable seamanship skills, character-building experiences, and unforgettable adventures on the open sea. Over the years, the ship has become a symbol of maritime heritage and youth training. Since the original TS Royalist’s launch in 1971, and with the commissioning of its…

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US Naval Air Cadets  (1940s)

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FUTUROS OFICIALES JURAN FIDELIDAD A LA BANDERA COLOMBIANA

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Portrait of a Naval Cadet, circa 1835, attributed to George Richmond (1809-1896)

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HMS Marlborough in the Mediterranean, 1855 (NMM).

The experience of 'fleet time', a term in naval training that endures to the present day, was remarkably varied. Naval cadets and midshipmen of the 1850s and 1860s were most likely to serve in larger ships where there was an increased likelihood of the services of a naval instructor. On foreign stations a large vessel, usually an elderly wooden walled 'liner' converted to screw propulsion, would serve as the flagship but as a general rule big ships were based closer to home. [...] Lord Charles Beresford left Britannia on completion of training in 1861 bound for the battleship HMS Marlborough, an old 121 gun 'liner' that had been fitted with a single screw engine in 1853. Despite this innovation she was firmly part of the old navy with a complement of 950 and an overly long sick list due in part to poor habitability.

— H. W. Dickinson, Educating the Royal Navy: Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Education for Officers

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Cérémonie de Remise d’Epaulettes pour les Cadets Camerounais à l'École Navale du Brésil

Sous la directive de Monsieur le Ministre Délégué à la Présidence chargé de la Défense, Monsieur BETI ASSOMO JOSEPH, et supervisée par son Excellence Monsieur l’Ambassadeur du Cameroun au Brésil, MARTIN AGBOR MBENG, la cérémonie de Remise d’Epaulettes de la deuxième promotion des cadets camerounais à l’École Navale a eu lieu le 9 décembre 2023, en présence du Capitaine de Vaisseau TATASON VIKRAM…

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Gardemariny, vpered! (1987) Svetlana Družinina

Tatiana Lyutayeva as Anastasia Yaguzhinskaya

Gardemariny, vpered! (1987)

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"Boy trainees on training ship HMAS Tingira at a physical training game known as 'Hunting the Bear.' Ca. 1912-1927. Naval Historical Collection, via Australian War Memorial.