Harbour Service and Training
In 1854 Wellesley was a guard ship in ordinary at Chatham.
In 1854 Wellesley became a harbour flag ship and receiving ship at Chatham. In 1868 the Admiralty loaned her to the London School Ship Society, who refitted her as a Reformatory School. She was renamed Cornwall and was moored off Purfleet in April. The "Cornwall" renamed as "Wellesey" was move to the Tyne and served as The Tyne Industrial Training Ship Wellesley Nautical School. In 1928, due to industrial development at that location, she was moved to Denton, below Gravesend.
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