mars training ship Dundee

jake77 · Post by **jake77** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:23 pm

Hi I had 2 great uncles on the mars training ship from around 1885 -1895 it was berthed off the coast of Dundee from around 1860s- 1920
would love to know if there is any way of accessing the records

thanks jojohn

catbug · Post by **catbug** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:44 pm

Hi there,

Dundee city council's website has a really great photopolis with thousands of pictures of old Dundee, including pictures of the Mars training ship and some of the boys on it. I'm not sure if they have records of the boys, etc online but if you email the local history department they should be able to tell you where you can look, if it's possible. I have emailed them in the past and they were extrememly helpful and quick to reply. I would post a link but the website doesn't seem to be working just now (either that or my computer is about to breakdown!) - from memory the main site is www.dundeecity.gov.uk (I think) and the site is pretty easy to navigate so you should be able to find the local history department, etc once the site's up and running again. Tay Valley FHS also may have records of this. They have a website you can use but the records aren't available online either, as far as I know. If you email them they are usually willing to help with look ups, especially if you offer a donation, or you can join for a fee too. Maybe someone else can help further.

Good luck,
Cat

CatrionaL · Post by **CatrionaL** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:48 pm

Hullo Cat

No the problem isn't with your computer. I tried to acces the site to see if I could find information about the Mars and was unable to do so.

Catriona

catbug · Post by **catbug** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:55 pm

Hi Catriona,

Phew - glad about that

. I still think my mouse is about to break though but that should be fixed by changing the batteries

. Don't know what's wrong with a normal mouse - cordless ones are more hassle than they're worth!

Cheers,
Cat

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:56 pm

Hi JoJohn

I don't know the definitive answer to this one, but here's what I found...
It looks like there might be some info at the National Archives
http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ ... SIR=O38783
& it looks like some documents are in St Andrews Univ.

It may also be worth contacting Dundee City Archives
www.dundeecity.gov.uk/archives
but link seems to be "dead" so try http://www.mundus.ac.uk/sites/56.htm

and the Dundee Central Library, Local Studies Department (link also dead)
http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/centlib/loc_stud.htm
so try: http://www.mundus.ac.uk/sites/55.htm
as they clearly have some stuff relating to the Mars as illustrated here:
http://www.rls.org.uk/database/results. ... _term=mars

Hope this is of some help.
Best wishes
Lesley

jake77 · Post by **jake77** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:53 am

Many thanks for replies I will go through the links from what I have found out the mars although a very harsh regime it did save some lads from starvation and crime .

thanks again jojohn

Montrose Budie · Post by **Montrose Budie** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:56 am

Tay Valley FHS may also be able to help.

See the Societies tab here for the www address.

DavidWW
(laptop giving problems so had to come in as "MB")