From: "Steve Smedley" <> To: Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:03 PM Subject: The Merchant Navy College Hello. I'm a bit bemused. I transferred from The Training Ship "Mercury" (which had closed down) to The Merchant Navy College in September, 1968. HMS "Worcester" was no more - we were not considered to be Worcesters, nor are we now Old Worcesters.. Captain E.K. Ballard was in charge; we wore the ILEA cap badge, instead of the RN badge formerly worn by the Worcesters. Deck Cadets from various companies (Esso and BP leap in to mind) were also in attendance then (or in early 1969). In fact, I was sufficiently impressed by Cadet Stuart Cummings' account of life at sea with Esso that I subsequently joined them. All this is to say that I am perplexed by your web-site's assertion that the Merchant Navy College was established in 1975. Clarification, please. Steve Smedley Royal Canadian Mounted Police Regina, Saskatchewan.