The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
c. 1914. Studio portrait of Stanley Ernest Lotze, aged fifteen and a half years, wearing a cap with a tally band reading "HMAS Tingira". HMAS Tingira was originally an English sailing vessel, Sobraon. It was renamed HMAS Tingira and operated by the RAN from 1912 to 1927 as a boys' training ship. Boys between fourteen and sixteen years received their initial training on this vessel before joining the seagoing fleet. (Original print housed in the AWM Archive Store)
AN UNIDENTIFIED BOY CADET FROM TRAINING SHIP HMAS TINGIRA. HMAS TINGIRA WAS ORIGINALLY ENGLISH SAILING VESSEL SOBRAON LAUNCHED IN 1866; IN 1891-01 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE NSW GOVERNMENT AND BECAME A NAUTI
HMAS Tingira moored at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour. The Tingira was commissioned by the RAN on 25 April 1912 as a boys' training ship. Tingira was purchased by the Commonwealth of Australia from the
SYDNEY, NSW. THE RAN TRAINING SHIP HMAS TINGIRA. TINGIRA (ORIGINALLY SAILING SHIP SOBRAON) WAS LAUNCHED IN SCOTLAND IN 1866 AND AFTER PLYING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA WAS SOLD TO THE NSW GOVERNMEN
Tingira at her moorings in Berry's Bay, probably in the 1930s. Tingira, the former clipper ship Sobraon, was built by Alexander Hall & Co of Aberdeen, Scotland. Launched in 1866 she was the largest c
SYDNEY, NSW. 1912. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE BOYS' TRAINING SHIP HMAS TINGIRA (EX SOBRAON). (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE CLIPPER SHIP SOBRAON WITH HER MASTS BARE, BEFORE HER SERVICE AS A NAUTICAL SCHOOL SHIP FOR THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT AND LATER COMMISSIONING INTO THE RAN AS THE BOYS TRAININ
