The group of islands we now call Kalayaan was 'discovered' by explorer Tomas Cloma during his nautical
school ship's trip to South China Sea in the 1950s.
Life at sea started early for Jack, as he was usually called, when he dropped out of high school and boarded the
school ship, Ranger (later Nantucket), a steam barkentine vessel built in 1870.
The Wellesley was a
school ship "for the reception of boys who through poverty, parental neglect or being orphans, or from any other cause, are left destitute ...
Members of the public will be allowed onboard the
school ship today and tomorrow between 5pm to 7pm and 8.30pm and 10pm on Saturday and between 3pm to 6pm on Sunday.
reporting of the incident (The New York Times, Washington Post, and Associated Press) most identified the Japanese high
school ship as "a Japanese trawler," or a "Japanese fishing vessel." The impression given was of a Japanese trawler, the kind of ship that harvests great quantities of fish and serves as a veritable fish factory, many times the size of the actual modest high school training vessel.
After repair the ship was sailed back to the UK and docked off Bangor Pier where it was converted into a
school ship.
Purrpants, a seven-year-old ginger Tom, is the teller of the tale Mutiny On The
School Ship Bounty by Jon Blake (Pont, pounds 5.99), another rollicking adventure for any young reader's Christmas stocking.
It was in 1868 that Tynemouth ship owner James Hall called a public meeting "for establishing a
school ship in the River Tyne for the reception of boys who through poverty, parental neglect or being orphans, or from any other cause, are left destitute ...
Putin and Chavez toured a four-masted Russian tallship, the Kruzenshtern, one of the world's largest sailing vessels used as a fishery
school ship, and viewed photos of Russia's victory over Germany in World War II in the ship's museum.
The Akbar was a reformatory
school ship moored in the Mersey where young criminals were sent for training after completing short prison sentences.
ISTANBUL, Aug 7, 2009 (TUR) -- An Italian navy
school ship anchored at the Istanbul port on Friday.
