training ship
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training ship (plural training ships)
(nautical) a ship, often a sailing ship, used to train people as sailors
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T.S. means (land-based) training ship and RNVR is the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, occupying a similar role to the Territorial Army, which is based in a larger compound diagonally opposite.
The next Navy zeppelin, the M class L 3 did not enter service until May 1914: in the meantime, Sachsen was hired from DELAG as a training ship.
She was designated as a training ship in early 1942, and escaped to Malta after Italy surrendered.
The Navy's flagship, and training ship, was the Achimota, a British yacht constructed during World War II.
The Soviets used her as a training ship when she was not undergoing one of her eight refits in their hands.
The training ship includes a mix of manual and automated operations.