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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
Captain Sarah Ellen Oakley (born February 1973) is a British Royal Navy officer, who, until December of 2023, served as the commanding officer of Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. In the Iraq War, Oakley worked in oil platform protection.
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.
Gordon Barracks in Aberdeen, the old home of the Aberdeen URNU. URNU East Scotland is the oldest of all the URNUs and was originally formed in 1967 as the Aberdeen Universities' Royal Naval Unit (AURNU) in Aberdeen, Scotland to encourage STEM undergraduates to join the RN from the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University. [6]
Agnew was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, and at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, joining the Navy in 1911. During the First World War he served aboard the battleships HMS Glory and HMS Royal Oak, as well as the destroyer HMS Skilful.
Rowallan Division was a Royal Navy training course based at HMS Raleigh between 1980 and 1981. It assisted the Royal Navy in grooming failed candidates from the Admiralty Interview Board who lacked the appropriate leadership qualities and personal robustness to qualify for Midshipman training at BRNC Dartmouth.
Grove was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1948. He took an MA in War Studies at King's College London in 1971 and was appointed that year as a civilian lecturer in Naval History and Strategic Studies at the Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth and continued in that position till 1984. [2]