Royal Naval College

Royal Naval College may refer to:

  • Royal Naval Academy in Portsmouth (1733–1837), renamed the Royal Naval College in 1806
  • Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1873–1998)
  • Royal Naval College, Osborne (1903–1923)
  • Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (1905–present), renamed Britannia Royal Naval College in 1953

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