Thames, London, England 22 June 2010
An item referred to Gasschutz und Luftschutz No. 10 dated Octobr 1937 reporting that on 29 August 1937 on board of the training ship President lying on the Thames, England the first course started to train merchant officers in using guns especially anti aircraft guns. The author of an article published in the Daily Telegraph dealing with this course said nothing about the issue of a ship armed with guns and gun trained crew still was to be considered as being a merchant ship.(1)
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1. The former anti submarine Q-ship HMS Saxfrage launched by Lobnitz&Company, Renfrew, Scotland with yard number 827 on 29 January 1918, renamed HMS President and moored on the Thames since July 1922. Became then a Royal Navy Reserve drill ship until she was sold in 1982. Still existing nowadays.
