At the turn of the 19th Century, the seaman who concerned himself with the rigging and unfurling of sails was rapidly replaced by the Stoker. The Stokers Training School was commissioned in Bombay Dockyard in 1931. It was renamed as the Mechanical Training Establishment (MTE) in 1937. On 16 Feb 1945, the Establishment was commissioned as HMIS Shivaji and since then, the premier Technical Training Establishment of the Indian Navy trains officers and sailors of the Marine Engineering Branch and eq