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Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, [1] also known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, England. Royal Naval officer training has taken place in Dartmouth since 1863.
The category is for persons who trained at the college in Dartmouth and its predecessors HMS Britannia (1820) and HMS Prince of Wales (1860) from 1862 until the present day. Contents Top
Prince William attended graduation at Britannia Royal Naval College, where his grandparents met in 1939
St Vincent Squadron was the name of a squadron used at the Britannia Royal Naval College (Dartmouth). Another squadron was Cunningham, and previously there was a Tiger squadron. The squadrons are used to split the students administratively and to and encourage a strong rivalry.
Royal Naval College may refer to: Royal Naval Academy in Portsmouth (1733–1837), renamed the Royal Naval College in 1806; Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1873–1998) Royal Naval College, Osborne (1903–1921) Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (1905–present), renamed Britannia Royal Naval College in 1953
Philip was closely associated with the Navy for more than 80 years, having enrolled at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth aged 17, served at sea during the Second World War and later held ...
HMS Britannia (1904) was a King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1904 and sunk by SM UB-50 in 1918. HMS Britannia Royal Naval College was the name given to the Naval Shore Establishment formed from the earlier Britannias. It retained the name until 1953, when it became known as HMS Dartmouth.
In December 2020 she was awarded the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. [12] In May 2022, Oakley took over command of the Britannia Royal Naval College. [3] At the college’s passing out parade in August 2022, BBC News noted that it was the first such parade "with a female captain at the helm." [13] She is a Director of the Royal Navy ...