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Britannia Royal Naval College

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Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 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.

HistoryEdit

The training of naval officers at Dartmouth dates from 1863, when the wooden hulk Template:HMS was moved from Portland and moored in the River Dart to serve as a base.<ref name="YG39">Template:Harvnb</ref> In 1864, after an influx of new recruits, Britannia was supplemented by Template:HMS.<ref name="YG40">Template:Harvnb</ref> 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 Template:HMS in 1869, which was renamed Britannia.<ref name="Lambert127">Template:Harvnb</ref>

The foundation stone for a new building at the college was laid by King Edward VII in March 1902.<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref> Sir Aston Webb designed the shore-based college at Dartmouth, which was built by Higgs and Hill<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and practically completed in 1905.<ref name=Tweedmouth1906>Template:Cite journal</ref>

From September 1903, officer cadets first entered the Royal Naval College, Osborne, then after two years transferred to Dartmouth, and the first such intake was in September 1905.<ref name=Tweedmouth1906/> Template:Cquote

The college was originally known as the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (RNC). As a Royal Naval shore establishment, it was later known also by the ship name HMS Britannia (a battleship called Template:HMS operated from 1904 to 1918). The college was renamed HMS Dartmouth in 1953, when the name Britannia was given to the newly launched royal yacht Template:Ship. The training ship moored in the River Dart at Sandquay, a Sandown class minehunter formerly known as Template:HMS, continues to bear the name Hindostan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2025, eight 15-metre Sea-class workboats (Cormorant, Guillemot, Razorbill, Kittiwake, Fulmar, Skua, Gannet and Tern) are assigned to the College for the purpose of training officer cadets.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cadets originally joined the Royal Naval College, Osborne, at Osborne House, at the age of 13 for two years' study and work before joining Dartmouth. The Royal Naval College, Osborne closed in 1921.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

During the Second World War, after six Focke-Wulf aircraft bombed the College in September 1942, students and staff moved activities to Eaton Hall in Cheshire until the autumn of 1946. Two bombs had penetrated the College's main block, causing damage to the quarterdeck and surrounding rooms.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Article by Jane Harrold and Richard Porter in The Britannia Magazine 2004, Crest Publications, pp. 6–7.</ref>

Britannia Royal Naval College became the sole naval college in the United Kingdom following the closures of the Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, in 1994 and of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1998.<ref>Ian F. W. Beckett, Discovering British Regimental Traditions (Osprey Publishing, 2007), p. 58Template:Dead link</ref>

In 2020, a group of Junior Rates were trained at BRNC to help alleviate added pressure on HMS Raleigh, after a surge in recruitment. On 13 August 2020, a troop of 34 Ratings and 130 officers passed out simultaneously for the first time in the history of the Royal Navy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They were followed by a second class of Junior Rates who passed out on 17 December 2020.<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

EntryEdit

Prospective cadets entrants must meet a minimum academic requirement. They then proceed to the Admiralty Interview Board, where they are tested mentally and physically. Several mental aptitude tests are administered, along with a basic physical fitness test and a medical examination. Officer cadets, as they are known until passing out from the college, can join between the ages of 18 and 39.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While most cadets join BRNC after finishing university, some join directly from secondary school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The commissioning course is 30 weeks, with Warfare Officers and Aircrew spending a further 19 weeks studying academics at the college.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A large contingent of international and Commonwealth students are part of the student body. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary sends its officer cadets to BRNC for a 10-week initial officer training course, before they start at a maritime college.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ofsted criticismEdit

An Ofsted report on BRNC in 2023 described the college as being filled with "rot and mould". Inspectors also cited unsafe structures, ill-fitting equipment, staff shortages and medical inspection delays. Inspectors noted how windows in some dormitories were boarded over due to rot while "mould is growing on window frames and ceilings".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Dartmouth was rated by Ofsted as inadequate. Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, said Dartmouth received the rating due to the poor state of the college's infrastructure which was due to "a lack of investment over many decades".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Royal cadetsEdit

King George V and King George VI were naval cadets at Dartmouth. The first "significant encounter" between Prince Philip of Greece and the then Princess Elizabeth took place at Dartmouth in July 1939, where Philip was a naval cadet.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Charles III and the Duke of York also attended Dartmouth. The Prince of Wales spent a brief period at the College after leaving Sandhurst as part of his training with all three of Britain's Armed Forces.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sheikh Mubarak Ali Yousuf Suoud Al-Sabah, a member of the Royal Family of Kuwait, attended the Royal Navy Young Officer Course at Britannia Royal Naval College in 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sheikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the eldest son of the Crown Prince of Bahrain, also underwent training at BRNC (including time at sea in RN warships) from 2014 to 2015, prior to commencing active service in the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Commanders of the collegeEdit

List below based on listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> additional references are given in the list.

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  • Captain Andrew Bray: Dec 2023 - Present <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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ImagesEdit

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    The college taken from the other side of the Dart at Kingswear

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    International air cadets from the International Air Cadet Exchange on the main steps.

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    Cadets at BRNC participate in a practical leadership task (PLT).

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    BRNC from the town quay

Former studentsEdit

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Prospect of the Britannia Royal Naval College

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