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Keeping fit and healthy
During the early 1900s the Royal Navy became increasingly interested in organised sports both for physical training and recreation.
The Navy made Physical Training a specialist branch in 1900. By 1908 the PT course had grown so much that the Physical Training School moved from HMS Victory, Portsmouth's Naval Barracks, to new purpose-built premises just outside on Pitt Street.
Sport has become very important to the Navy and they use it as a tool for fitness, teamwork and to engender community relations
![PTI on top of gun turrett on HMS Argonaut, 1941 PTI on top of gun turrett on HMS Argonaut, 1941](/images/themes/navyspeople/infocus/recreation/personal_time/1993_396_12_330.jpg)
Article highlights
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Keeping fit and healthy
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Sport in the Navy
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Sports at sea
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Sports and community relations
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Record breakers and extreme sports