Royal Naval College, Osborne Royal Naval College, Osborne 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. Some formal appointments to the college were to HMS "Racer, a vessel attached to the college, previously the tender to HMS "Britannia". Following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, Osborne House, overlooking the River Medina, where she had spent her
Jeremy Sanders (Royal Navy officer) Jeremy Sanders (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral Jeremy Thomas Sanders CB, OBE (born 23 November 1942) is a retired Royal Navy officer. Educated at Norwood School in Exeter, Pangbourne College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Sanders was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1960. After serving on the aircraft carrier, HMS "Hermes", in the Falklands War, he became Commanding Officer of HMS "Andromeda" and Commander of the 8th Frigate Squadron in September 1985, Director of the Maritime Tactical School in May 1987 and Chief Naval Signal Officer in April 1989. He went on to be Director of Naval Warfare