HMS EXCELLENT SHIP'S TALLY.

THIS IS A RIBBON WORN AROUND THE HATS WORN BY SAILORS  STATIONED AT ONE OF THE MANY NAVAL BASES' IN THE PORTSMOUTH AREA

 This Tally is for HMS Excellent the mainstay of the Gunnery Training Organisation of the Royal Navy. Various ships have been named Excellent and there were many tenders and small craft so named which were on the strength of the Shore Base, Excellent was established in 1891 and absorbed into the HMNB Portsmouth in 1985. I understand from old sea dogs they all had happy memories of  being trained here and it was never easy.