Splicing Collection

Knotting Class, Training Ship Arethusa, Greenhithe, Kent
A group of boys aboard the Training Ship Arethusa receiving knotting and splicing instruction. The ship received boys aged 13-16 from a variety of poor backgrounds, including the workhouse

HMS Tartar, splicing rope, Royal Navy, probably circa 1900 (hand coloured photo)

Princes Albert Victor and George on HMS Bacchante
Princes Albert Victor and George crew on Royal Navy HMS Bacchante, learning rope splicing. Date: 1880

The Royal Naval College at Osborne 1905
In 1903, part of the estate, the Stable Block being the hub, became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne

Training boys for the navy, WW1
A page of photographs showing boys at the Watts Naval Training School at Elmham in Norfolk undergoing instruction in order to prepare them for the Navy

Sea Scouts receiving training on RSS Discovery
Senior Sea Scouts receiving training in rope splicing on RSS Discovery. circa 1950s

A splicing lesson on deck
A lady boat owner gives a lesson in splicing rope to a friend who watches with bemused interest

Splicing Atlantic Cable
Splicing the broken cable aboard the Great Eastern after the first break

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