A SHORT HISTORY of WHALE ISLAND from information supplied by Past and President Offices and Men 1908

A SHORT HISTORY OF WHALE ISLAND ; COMPILED FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY PAST OFFICERS AND MEN ; Hardcover ; 
PORTSMOUTH ; CARPENTIER and Co Naval Printers 1908 . Pages not numbered . 
Stating from 1830 ; " The Naval Gunnery School was first established at Portsmouth in the year 1830 ........." "The School was first started on board the "( H. M. S. )  The Excellent "and entrusted to the direction of Commander George Smith ."
Additional pages ( no writing added to these blank pages  ) included in the binding intended to allow for notes . 

Includes a List of Trophies won by Officers and Men of the H. M. S. Excellent since 1880 . and also the Trophies presented to the H. M. S. Excellent . Lists of names of Captains ; Commanders; First Commanders ; Staff Lieutenants  ; Resident Officers and Chief Gunners of Whale Island and Turret Ships attached to "Excellent ".