Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
HMS Excellent (establishment)
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1830 - 1985; 1994 - present
History
HMS Excellent was a Royal Navy gunnery training establishment in Portsmouth harbour between 1830 and 1985. Training was initially done in the hulk of a wooden warship named Excellent built in 1797. In 1886, the school moved ashore to Whale Island in. The school finally closed in 1985. HMS Excellent re-opened in 1994 and is now the location of the Damage Control School.