naval training ships

The US coast Guard has a ex WWII German Training ship, the Eagel. AS for the UK I have never heard one for them.

Sail training vessels are IMO a wonderfull tradition that every mayor nation that goes to sea should folow.

Well this thread is off to a ripping start. Does anyone know if the USN or RN or other major navys use specialized training ships or do they start out in combat ships?

Hello,

Wikipedia is also a good source of links. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tall_ships.

The JMSDF has a number of non-sailing training ships. There is a list at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/ship.htm .

Take care.

JGR

Here are some nice pics about the Chilean Navy training vessel BE Esmeralda
http://www.cnam.fr/Images/Armada/esmeralda-fs.jpg
http://www.armada.cl/p4_armada/site/artic/20040210/asocfile/ASOCFILE120040210084424.jpg
http://www.armada.cl/p4_armada/site/artic/20030520/asocfile/ASOCFILE120030520030224.jpg
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/hyoshi/ship/TP01ESMERALDA_DD123-01.jpg

This vessel is the sister ship of the Spanish Sebastian el Cano (but with slide modification)

Sail Training

Hello,

There are a number of naval and commercial sail training ships in the list at http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Links/Ships.html#Sailing_Ships .

TTFN

JGR