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The Royal Naval College, Osborne, was a training college for Royal Navy officer cadets on the Osborne House estate, Isle of Wight, established in 1903 and closed in 1921. Boys were admitted at about the age of thirteen to follow a course lasting for six academic terms before proceeding to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth .
- 1903 – 1921
- Royal Navy
Jan 7, 2021 · The Royal Naval College, Osborne, located in the grounds of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, served as the junior training establishment for the training of naval cadets of the Military Branch of the Royal Navy from 1903 to 1921. Cadets spent two years under study there before transferring for two years' further study at the Royal Naval ...
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The Royal Naval College, Osborne, was a training college for Royal Navy officer cadets on the Osborne House estate, Isle of Wight, established in 1903 and closed in 1921. Boys were admitted at about the age of thirteen to follow a course lasting for six academic terms before proceeding to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
- 19031921
- Training
- Junior cadet training
- Royal Naval College, Osborne
The Royal Naval College, Osborne closed in 1921. [8] 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.
- 1863 (HMS Britannia)
- Naval academy
- To deliver courageous leaders with the spirit to fight and win
Records of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, compiled by Commander Bedwell and comprising three printed and illustrated documents: a brief history of the College, 1903 - 1921, with a plan of the grounds and buildings; a table of cadet entries, 1903 - 1921, illustrated with photographs of the College; and a list of Admirals of the Fleet who were cadets at Osborne.
Photograph of George, Prince of Wales, later King George V, and his eldest son Prince Edward of Wales, later Edward VIII and afterwards Duke of Windsor. They stand in in the porch of Royal Naval College, Osborne. Prince George is in the un-dress uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet and Prince Edward is in naval cadet uniform.
In 1903, the new stable block became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Initial training began at about the age of 13, and after two years studies were continued at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. The college closed in 1921, with the last students leaving on 9 April 1921.
