Vehicle    From 20/6/1849  To 1934

Training ship Arethusa

Categories: Children, Tragedy, Transport

Countries: Crimea

Training ships were run by the Marine Society, and catered for boys from a wide range of backgrounds; from fee-paying prospective Merchant Navy officers, through those in Poor Law or other institutional care, to juvenile delinquents placed on reformatory ships. The Arethusa was a wooden frigate which could accommodate 250 boys. It had seen action in the Crimea and was the last British ship to go into battle under sail. She was berthed at Greenhithe and was officially opened, as a training ship, on 3rd August, 1874, by the Earl of Shaftesbury and Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Although the ship is reported as sinking in the 1912 Leysdown tragedy she can't have been too badly damaged and must have been returned to service since it is reported that by the 1920s she had deteriorated badly and was replaced by a steamship. The Arethusa was finally broken up in 1934.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Training ship Arethusa

Commemorated ati

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - new memorial

{Left hand page of an open book:} To commemorate the scouts of the 2nd Walwor...

Read More

Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy - original plaque

The plaque is actually a resin copy of the one that was attached to the origi...

Read More

Other Subjects

Harvey Hinds

Harvey Hinds

Harvey William Hinds, politician, clergyman and youth campaigner. Labour Southwark Councillor. Champion of Burgess Park and education, leisure and recreation. Elected to the Greater London Council ...

Person, Children, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
George Claydon

George Claydon

Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 14. Buried in grave 2 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.

Person, Children, Tragedy

1 memorial
Jim Gaffney

Jim Gaffney

Spent his life helping vulnerable children.

Person, Children, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Islington Boat Club

Islington Boat Club

The club has provided safe boating for thousands of youngsters on City Road Basin.

Group, Children, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Frances Mary Yeates

Frances Mary Yeates

Baptised in Horton 17 December 1833 daughter of William Wlllson Yeates. See there for information about her family. Buried in St Michaels churchyard Horton,2 January 1835.

Person, Children, Friend / family

1 memorial