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Dartmouth Royal Naval College

Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
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Active 1863 (HMS Britannia) – present
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  Royal Navy
Type Training
Role Initial Officer training
Size 300 (approx)
Part of Flag Officer Sea Training
Ship's name HMS Dartmouth
Nickname(s) BRNC
Motto(s) To deliver courageous leaders with the spirit to fight and win
Anniversaries 1905 – opening of the current College
Commanders
Current
commander
Captain Jolyon Woodard, Royal Navy
Lord High Admiral Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Flag Officer Sea Training Rear Admiral C. Snow

Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, is the initial officer training establishment of the British 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 buildings of the current campus were completed in 1905. Earlier students lived in two wooden hulks moored in the River Dart. Since 1998, BRNC has been the sole centre for Royal Naval officer training.

The training of naval officers at Dartmouth dates from 1863, when the wooden hulk HMS Britannia was moved from Portland and moored in the River Dart to serve as a base. In 1864, after an influx of new recruits, Britannia was supplemented by HMS Hindostan. Prior to this, a Royal Naval Academy (later Royal Naval College) had operated for more than a century from 1733 to 1837 at Portsmouth, a major naval installation. The original Britannia was replaced by the Prince of Wales in 1869, which was renamed Britannia.

The foundation stone for a new building at the college was laid by King Edward VII in March 1902. Sir Aston Webb designed the shore-based college at Dartmouth, which was built by Higgs and Hill and practically completed in 1905.

The first term of cadets entered at the R.N. College Osborne were transferred to Dartmouth in September 1905.

The college was originally known as the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (BRNC). As a Royal Naval shore establishment, it was later known also by the ship name HMS Britannia (a battleship called Britannia operated from 1904 to 1918). The college was named (ship name: HMS Dartmouth) in 1953, when the name Britannia was given to the newly launched royal yacht HMY Britannia. The training ship moored in the River Dart at Sandquay, currently the former Sandown class minehunter HMS Cromer, continues to bear the name Hindostan.


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