The college was originally known as the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (BRNC). As a Royal Naval shore establishment, it was later known also by the ship name HMS "Britannia (a battleship called operated from 1904 to 1918). The college was re-named HMS Dartmouth" in 1953, when the name "Britannia" was given to the newly launched royal yacht . The training ship moored in the River Dart at Sandquay, a "Sandown" class minehunter formerly known as , continues to bear the name Hindostan. As cadets at the college will be aware, there are 187 steps down from the college to Hindostan's mooring at Sandquay.