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Visited with Ella.
In the area and heard it was open so off we went. Spent a while sat outside in the car wondering if we should go for it coz there was a man in a car outside. Upon closer inspection it was a woman having a sleep, think I need new glasses.
The place was wide open however, it is alarmed. It’s a pretty boring building actually but had some nice decay. The alarm didn’t shut up the entire time we were there. After we came out we were looking at the boats outside when a bloke in a van turned up and went in to shut the alarm off. The door still isn’t secure.
History -
The Gravesend Sea Training School was founded in 1918 following the First World to train boys aged 15/16 to join the Merchant Navy and help replace the men who were lost in the war.
Around 70,000 boys were trained there and it became known as the best sea training school in the world.
In 1963 the National Sea Training Schools became the National Sea Training Trust, and three years later a purpose built college was opened at Gravesend – designed to replace both the old Gravesend Sea School and TS Vindicatrix at Sharpness. This new establishment was called the National Sea Training College.
Visited with Ella.
In the area and heard it was open so off we went. Spent a while sat outside in the car wondering if we should go for it coz there was a man in a car outside. Upon closer inspection it was a woman having a sleep, think I need new glasses.
The place was wide open however, it is alarmed. It’s a pretty boring building actually but had some nice decay. The alarm didn’t shut up the entire time we were there. After we came out we were looking at the boats outside when a bloke in a van turned up and went in to shut the alarm off. The door still isn’t secure.
History -
The Gravesend Sea Training School was founded in 1918 following the First World to train boys aged 15/16 to join the Merchant Navy and help replace the men who were lost in the war.
Around 70,000 boys were trained there and it became known as the best sea training school in the world.
In 1963 the National Sea Training Schools became the National Sea Training Trust, and three years later a purpose built college was opened at Gravesend – designed to replace both the old Gravesend Sea School and TS Vindicatrix at Sharpness. This new establishment was called the National Sea Training College.
