Shotley Gate IP9, Suffolk.
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Shotley Gate IP9, Suffolk.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 28 May 2013
The entrance to the former land-based HMS Ganges naval cadets' training centre. Originally ships were used and in 1899 HMS Ganges was transferred (or physically moved) to Harwich harbour from Falmouth harbour where she remained until August 1899. HMS Ganges remained in Harwich harbour as a boys' training ship until 1905 when this training facility was moved here. When the boys first moved ashore their number approached 500 but as the establishment developed so the number of boys increased until by the end of the 1940s there were 2000 young men in training with approximately 200 lads joining every five weeks. The establishment was closed in 1976 and the site is still awaiting redevelopment. This is the view from Caledonia Road, off Bristol Hill (the B1456) in the village of Shotley Gate.
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Image Location
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51.957764
Longitude
1.270107