Simulator provides core of new naval training centre

摘要

The Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School (MWS) sited at HMS Collingwood, Fareham, and HMS Dryad, Southwick, both near to Portsmouth on the English south coast provides world class warfare and sea skills training for many hundreds of naval officers and ratings each year. All maritime warfare disciplines, including navigation, are taught and although perhaps arguably not the most glamorous, the 'old art' remains a crucial enabler of all maritime operations. The Royal Navy, understandably, takes navigation training very seriously. The Navigation Training Unit has recently taken up a new facility in HMS Collingwood having relocated from HMS Dryad. Vice Admiral Sir Paul Haddacks KCB formally opened Endeavour Building and the Integral Bridge simulator on 6 September 2002. The building has been named after Captain James Cook's famous vessel to recognise his enormous contribution to marine navigation and surveying in the latter half of the 19th Century. Here navigation and seamanship skills are taught to officers and ratings at every stage of their professional careers, including refresher modules to more senior officers who are returning to sea after a spell in shore appointments.