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43-466: In 1928, while an instructor Commander at Dartmouth Naval College , he wrote a meteorology textbook entitled The Frequency Departure of Thermionic Oscillators from the L. C. Valve . Decades later he wrote a book about the college, entitled Britannia at Dartmouth . In 1953 the London Gazette reported he had been promoted from Instructor Commander to Instructor Captain . Pack was one of

86-439: A 10-week initial officer training course, before they start at a maritime college. 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". Dartmouth

129-478: A copy of Osborne House. On 14 January 1878, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated an early version of the telephone to the queen at Osborne House, placing calls to Cowes, Southampton and London. They were the first publicly witnessed long-distance telephone calls in Britain. The queen tried the device and considered the process to be "quite extraordinary" although the sound was "rather faint". She later asked to buy

172-591: A model of an Indian palace. The first floor of the new wing was for the sole use of Princess Beatrice and her family. Beatrice was the Queen's youngest daughter, and she lived near Victoria during her life. Osborne House expresses numerous associations with the British Raj and India, housing a collection of paintings of Indian persons and scenes, painted at Queen Victoria's request by Rudolf Swoboda . These include depictions of Indians resident or visiting Britain in

215-495: A second class of Junior Rates who passed out on 17 December 2020. 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

258-471: A way to teach the basics of economics. The children also learned to cook in the Swiss Cottage, which was equipped with a fully functioning kitchen. Both parents saw this kind of education as a way of grounding their children in the activities of daily life shared by the people in the kingdom despite their royal status. In 1859, Prince Albert designed a new and larger quadrangular stable block , which

301-514: Is a former royal residence in East Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Albert designed the house in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. The builder was Thomas Cubitt , the London architect and builder whose company built the main facade of Buckingham Palace for

344-545: Is not so grand that it is unwelcoming. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert wanted an escape from the stuffiness of Buckingham Palace; they wanted a home for their children to feel free and welcome. Once Osborne House was complete, they commissioned Cubitt to build the east wing of Buckingham Palace . Victoria admired Cubitt not only for his work on Osborne House but also for his character. She referred to him as "our Cubitt" and on his death said that "a better, kinder-hearted man never breathed". Since 1986, Osborne House has been under

387-469: Is the more homely and unassuming décor of the royal apartments on the first floor. They include the Prince's Dressing Room, the Queen's Sitting Room, the Queen's Bedroom, and the children's nurseries. Intended for private, domestic use, the rooms were made as comfortable as possible. Both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were determined to bring up their children in a natural and loving environment. They allowed

430-609: The Isle of Wight from Lady Isabella Blachford in October 1845. They wanted a home removed from the stresses of court life. Victoria had spent two holidays on the Isle of Wight as a young girl, when her mother, the Duchess of Kent , rented Norris Castle , the estate adjacent to Osborne. The setting of the three-storey Georgian house appealed to Victoria and Albert, in particular, the views of

473-626: The Royal Naval Engineering College , Manadon, in 1994 and of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich , in 1998. 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. They were followed by

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516-703: 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. Britannia Royal Naval College became the sole naval college in the United Kingdom following the closures of

559-678: The Solent reminding Albert of the Bay of Naples in Italy. They soon realised that the house was too small for their needs and decided to replace the house with a new, larger residence. The new Osborne House was built between 1845 and 1851 in the Italian Renaissance style, complete with two belvedere towers. Prince Albert designed the house himself in conjunction with Thomas Cubitt , the London architect and builder, whose company also built

602-584: The 19th century, and scenes painted in India when Swoboda travelled there to create such works. The royal family stayed at Osborne for lengthy periods each year: in the spring for Victoria's birthday in May; in July and August when they celebrated Albert's birthday; and just before Christmas. In a break from the past, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert allowed photographers and painters to make works featuring their family in

645-694: The King Edward VII Retirement Home for Officers, it later accommodated convalescents from military and civil service backgrounds, including retired officers of the British armed services until 2000. Thomas Cubitt was one of the most renowned architects of the 19th century, known as "the Emperor of the building trade". Prince Albert, impressed with his previous works, commissioned him to rebuild Osborne House. Cubitt and Prince Albert worked hand in hand in constructing and designing

688-507: The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, where they were instructed, as far as possible, side by side with the cadets transferred from Osborne. 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 Britannia operated from 1904 to 1918). The college was renamed HMS Dartmouth in 1953, when

731-837: The UK representatives when the World Meteorological Organization 's subcommittees, the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation , when it met in Toronto , in August 1953. In 1957 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire . Dartmouth Naval College Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth , also known as Dartmouth , is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and

774-414: 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. Former students of Osborne included Queen Victoria's great-grandsons, the future Edward VIII and George VI , and their younger brother George, Duke of Kent . Another well-known alumnus of the college was Jack Llewelyn Davies , one of

817-532: The care of English Heritage . It is open to the public. The house is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England , and the landscaped park and gardens are listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . The former Naval College's cricket pavilion was converted into a holiday cottage in 2004. Since 2005, the house has occasionally hosted picnic-style concerts on

860-499: The college, can join between the ages of 18 and 39. While most cadets join BRNC after finishing university, some join directly from secondary school. The commissioning course is 30 weeks, with Warfare Officers and Aircrew spending a further 19 weeks studying academics at the college. 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

903-717: 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 . List below based on listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie; additional references are given in the list. 50°21′26″N 03°34′58″W  /  50.35722°N 3.58278°W  / 50.35722; -3.58278 Osborne House Osborne House

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946-414: The equipment that was used, but Bell offered to make "a set of telephones" specifically for her. Queen Victoria died at Osborne on 22 January 1901, with two generations of her family present. Although she adored Osborne, and her will left strict instructions that Osborne was to remain in the family, her children did not share the attachment. Princess Beatrice and Princess Louise were granted houses on

989-493: The estate. Edward VII presented Osborne to the nation on his Coronation Day in August 1902. The royal apartments on the upper floors of the pavilion wing, including the late Queen's bedroom, were turned into a private museum accessible only to the royal family. 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

1032-473: The first floor rooms (the private apartments) in the royal pavilion to be opened to the public. In 1986, English Heritage assumed management of Osborne House. In 1989, the second floor of the house was also opened to the public. The house is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England , and the landscaped park and gardens are listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Osborne House on

1075-542: The first such intake was in September 1905. The Britannia training establishment was closed at the same time. The cadets under instruction were embarked on two cruisers to complete their programme under the old system. The headquarters of the cruisers was established at Bermuda , where suitable arrangements had been made to house the cadets. The cadets entered in September under the old system, and those entered in January 1906 (the last to be so entered), were received at

1118-431: The five Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired J. M. Barrie 's Peter Pan . The case of George Archer-Shee from 1908, who was expelled from Osborne after being falsely accused of stealing a 5- shilling postal order , inspired the play The Winslow Boy . During World War I, the secondary wings of Osborne House were used as an officers' convalescent home. Robert Graves and A. A. Milne were two famous patients. Known as

1161-510: The gloominess of Windsor Castle , Queen Victoria stated, "I long for our cheerful and unpalacelike rooms at Osborne." The grounds also included a "Swiss Cottage" for the royal children. The cottage was dismantled and brought piece by piece from Switzerland to Osborne where it was reassembled. There, the royal children were encouraged to garden. Each child was given a rectangular plot in which to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers. They sold their produce to their father. Prince Albert used this as

1204-416: The grounds and in the house. That was partly for their own enjoyment and partly as a form of public relations, to demonstrate to the nation their character as a happy and devoted family. Many thousands of prints of the royal family were sold to the public, which led Victoria to remark, "no Sovereign was ever more loved than I am (I am bold enough to say)." Writing to her daughter Princess Victoria in 1858 about

1247-479: The grounds. Below the gardens on Osborne Bay was a private beach, where the Queen kept her own private bathing machine . According to a news report: "The queen's bathing machine was unusually ornate, with a front veranda and curtains which would conceal her until she had entered the water. The interior had a changing room and a plumbed-in WC." The original square wing of the house was known as "The Pavilion", containing

1290-600: The house was a wing, built between 1890 and 1891, designed by John Lockwood Kipling, father of the poet Rudyard Kipling . The ground floor includes the famous Durbar Room, named after an Anglicised version of the Hindi word durbar , meaning court. The Durbar Room was built for state functions. It was decorated by Bhai Ram Singh in an elaborate and intricate style, and has a carpet from Agra . It now holds gifts Queen Victoria received on her Golden and Diamond jubilees. They include engraved silver and copper vases, Indian armour, and

1333-410: The house, creating the mix of Palladian architecture and Italian renaissance style. Cubitt not only designed the structure but also implemented many of his own features into the house from his own workshops. As well as the doors and fireplaces of his own design, he also incorporated his own patterns for the plaster within the house. The design of Osborne House is stately and intended for royalty, but it

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1376-604: 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. The training of naval officers at Dartmouth dates from 1863, when

1419-563: The main façade of Buckingham Palace . The couple paid for much of the furnishing of the new house from the sale of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. The Prince Consort participated directly in laying out the estate, gardens and woodlands, to prove his knowledge of forestry and landscaping. At the more official royal residences, he had been overruled by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , who had official responsibilities for

1462-514: The name Britannia was given to the newly launched royal yacht HMY  Britannia . The training ship moored in the River Dart at Sandquay, a Sandown class minehunter formerly known as HMS  Cromer , continues to bear the name Hindostan . Cadets originally joined the Royal Naval College, Osborne , at the age of 13 for two years' study and work before joining Dartmouth. The Royal Naval College, Osborne closed in 1921. During

1505-538: The principal and royal apartments on the ground and first floors, respectively. The principal apartments, particularly, hold reminders of Victoria's dynastic links with the other European royal families. The Billiard Room holds a massive porcelain vase that was a gift of the Russian Tsar . The Billiard Room, Queen's Dining Room, and the Drawing Room on the ground floor all express grandeur. In marked contrast

1548-415: The royal children to visit their parents' bedrooms frequently, at a time when children of aristocrats often lived removed from their parents in nurseries, only joining them occasionally in public rooms, rather than in shared intimate spaces. The main wing was added later. It contains the household accommodation and council and audience chambers, as well as a suite for Victoria's mother. The final addition to

1591-483: The royal couple in 1847. An earlier smaller house on the Osborne site was demolished to make way for the new and far larger house, though the original entrance portico survives as the main gateway to the walled garden. Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22 January 1901, aged 81. Following her death, King Edward VII , who had never liked Osborne, presented the house to the state on the day of his coronation , with

1634-430: The royal pavilion being retained as a private museum to Victoria. From 1903 to 1921, part of the estate around the stables was used as a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy , known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne . Another section of the house was used as a convalescent home for officers. In 1933, many of the temporary buildings at Osborne were demolished. In 1954, Queen Elizabeth II gave permission for

1677-407: 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

1720-772: Was a naval cadet. 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. 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. Sheikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa,

1763-539: Was built by Cubitts on the former cricket pitch. The building is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England . After Prince Albert died at Windsor Castle in December 1861, Queen Victoria continued to visit Osborne House because it was one of her favourite homes. In 1876, as a tribute to Queen Victoria, the Government House in the colony (now State) of Victoria , Australia, was constructed as

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1806-450: 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". 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

1849-563: 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. From September 1903, officer cadets first entered the Royal Naval College, Osborne , then after two years transferred to Dartmouth, and

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