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1. navalmarinearchive.com › britannia_collegeBritannia, Dartmouth and the Royal Naval College

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   3 days ago · Britannia herself was replaced in 1869 by a newly built three decker, Prince of Wales, which took over the old name and lay at Britannia’s old berth, connected by a gangway with Hindustan. During the first World War in 1916 Britannia was towed away to be broken up for the recovery of the copper in her hull, and the river was clear of the familiar wooden walls after a spell of over fifty years.

2. www.british-history.ac.uk › old-new-london › vol6Greenwich: The hospital for seamen | British History Online

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   2 days ago · This part of the hospital was so far completed by the commencement of the year 1705, as to be capable of receiving forty-two seamen. Three years later there were 300 pensioners within the walls. The colonnades to King William's and Queen Mary's Buildings are each 347 feet long, with returns of seventy feet.

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3. www.britannica.com › place › ChicagoChicago | History, Population, Map, & Facts | Britannica

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   1 day ago · Chicago is a city, the seat of Cook county, in northeastern Illinois, U.S. With a population of nearly three million, Chicago is the state’s largest and the country’s third most populous city. It is the commercial and cultural hub of the American Midwest. Learn more about Chicago in this article.

4. www.bbc.co.uk › proms › extraLast Night of the Proms 2024 - BBC

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   3 days ago · Gianni Schicchi (1918) – ‘O mio babbino caro’ Madam Butterfly (1904) – Humming Chorus Tosca (1900) – ‘Vissi d’arte’ Angel Blue soprano BBC Singers

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Royal_NavyRoyal Navy - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon is the initial officer training establishment for the Royal Navy. Personnel are divided into a warfare branch , which includes Warfare Officers (previously named seamen officers) and Naval Aviators , [ 90 ] as well other branches including the Royal Naval Engineers , Royal Navy Medical Branch , and Logistics Officers (previously named Supply ...

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   3 days ago · An elementary school needing major improvements at Naval Station Great Lakes is coming down and being rebuilt. ... NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. ... Illinois college savings program changes: 5 things to ...

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   When did the Royal Naval College start?

   • The Royal Naval College in the early 1950s. Although the Naval Academy at Portsmouth had trained a small proportion of naval officers in the hundred years preceding 1837, it was not until twenty years later that the system was firmly established of training cadets in a special centre instead of posting them straight to a regular man-of-war.

   HMS Britannia , Dartmouth and the Royal Naval College

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   When was Naval College opened?

   • The college was opened in February, 1873, having been organised, to use the words of the Order in Council which sanctioned its foundation, "for the purpose of providing for the education of naval officers of all ranks above that of midshipmen in all branches of theoretical and scientific study bearing upon their profession."

   Greenwich: The hospital for seamen | British History Online

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   Where did the Royal Naval Schools come from?

   • The Royal Naval Schools, although cut off from the actual precincts of Greenwich Hospital, in spite of many internal changes, are among the earliest foundations in connection with it.

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   When did the Royal Navy start?

   • The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the 19th century until the Second World War, it was the world's most powerful navy.

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8. www.lookandlearn.com › history-images › B001302RMS Britannia, British ocean liner launched in 1840

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   4 days ago · Stock image ref Sizes available Views; B001302: Hi-res: 4,965 x 3,223 pixels Lo-res: 1,241 x 806 pixels 852