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4 giorni fa · Just as Britannia saw the early training of the naval commanders in the first World War, so John Fisher’s new college was responsible for a large proportion of the senior officers who fought the Second War, with a devotion to duty and a seamanlike skill at least equal to that of their predecessors.
2 giorni fa · Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family.
2 giorni fa · The academy where initial training for future Royal Navy officers takes place is Britannia Royal Naval College, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon. Basic training for future ratings takes place at HMS Raleigh at Torpoint, Cornwall, close to HMNB Devonport.
2 giorni fa · After leaving Gordonstoun in early 1939, Philip completed a term as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, then repatriated to Greece, living with his mother in Athens for a month in mid-1939.
4 giorni fa · Royal Navy, naval military organization of the United Kingdom, charged with the national defense at sea, protection of shipping, and fulfillment of international military agreements. Organized sea power was first used in England by Alfred the Great of Wessex, who launched ships to repel a Viking invasion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 giorni fa · The Nelson Pediment is a Coade stone memorial set in a triangular architrave in the King William Courtyard of the Old Royal Naval College. The Immortality of Nelson tympanum designed by artist Benjamin West, who also produced the famous painting of the same name, was commissioned by Greenwich Hospital.
4 giorni fa · As part of the Summer Big screen event, the Old Royal Naval College will be hosting a series of outdoor screenings on the lawn outside the iconic UNESCO World Heritage site. Visitors will...
