Practice Ship

"I shall not be much longer on the practice-ship," said the young man, with a gesture which seemed as if his hand were feeling for the hilt of his sword, which was not there, "for I am going very soon on my first voyage as an ensign." ❋ Various (N/A)

"Young ladies," said Jacqueline, "I present to you a 'bordachien' -- a little middy from the practice-ship the Borda." ❋ Various (N/A)

This induced Fred to let them understand something of life on board the practice-ship; he told how the masters who resided on shore ascended by a ladder to the gun-deck, which had been turned into a schoolroom; how six cadets occupied the space intended for each gun-carriage, where hammocks hung from hooks served them instead of beds; how the chapel was in a closet opened only on Sundays. ❋ Various (N/A)

There they found the Naval Academy in danger of attack, and “Old Ironsides”—serving as a practice-ship for the future midshipmen—also exposed. ❋ Unknown (1914)

S.B. Luce and the officers of the practice-ship "Macedonian" investigated the apprentice systems at Portsmouth and Plymouth, ❋ Willis J. Abbot (1898)

This induced Fred to let them understand something of life on board the practice-ship; he told how the masters who resided on shore ascended by ❋ Unknown (1873)